title: Congenital mucous retention cyst of the anterior hard palate! The first case report.
abstract: Children may be born with birth defects, the most common being oro-facial clefts and fissural cysts. A well circumscribed pedunculated soft tissue growth that occurs congenitally is known as congenital epulis of the newborn or 'Neuman's Tumour' as described in the literature. It is a rare lesion and the diagnosis has to be confirmed histologically. We present a rare case of a 7-year-old child with a congenital growth in the pre-maxillary region of the anterior hard palate clinically diagnosed as congenital epulis however, histologically confirmed as a mucous retention cyst. An elaborate clinical differential diagnosis is discussed. The anterior hard palate is devoid of salivary glands and the presence of a mucous retention cyst in the area is suggestive of ectopic salivary gland tissue and in a child manifesting at birth is probably the first case to be reported in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India .
authors.forename: Satya Ranjan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India .
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Priyadarshini
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India .
authors.forename: Abhishek Ranjan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India .
authors.forename: Sanat Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhuyan
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine, Institute of Dental Sciences , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India .
authors.forename: Rajat G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
keywords: Anterior hard palate; Congenital epulis; Ectopic salivary gland tissue; Mucous retention cyst