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Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of congenital epulis
Author(s) -
Jiang LiXin,
Hu Bing,
Guo Qian
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20765
Subject(s) - medicine , epulis , alveolar ridge , gestation , fetus , ultrasound , pregnancy , prenatal ultrasound , prenatal diagnosis , surgery , pathology , radiology , implant , biology , genetics
Congenital epulis is a benign gingival tumor that has rarely been diagnosed prenatally. We report a fetus with congenital epulis diagnosed by ultrasound at 37 weeks' gestation. The mass was diagnosed as originating from the inferior alveolar ridge prenatally. After birth, it was completely removed by simple excision under general anesthesia. Histologic examination revealed a congenital granular cell tumor. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011