Multiple congenital granular cell epulis in a female newborn: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Yong Zhang¹  Yu-Sheng Yang¹  Yun Liang¹ 

[1] Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Science, Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China

关键词: Newborn;    Lesions;    Congenital granular cell epulis;   

Others  :  1180940
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-8-413

 received in 2014-07-09, accepted in 2014-10-21,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Congenital granular cell epulis is an uncommon tumor which is apparent at birth.

Case presentation

Here we report an unusual case of congenital granular cell epulis present in the mouth of a 4-day-old Asian Chinese female newborn. She had six round, soft, multiple, pedunculated swelling masses, of which two were on her upper anterior ridge and four on her lower anterior ridge. The size of the largest lesion was 3.5×3cm, which was causing difficulty in feeding.

Conclusions

The case of a patient with congenital granular cell epulis was reported here because of its rarity. The lesions were surgically removed and satisfactory results were achieved.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Liang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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