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Gingival Cysts of the Newborn
Author(s) -
Gilhar A.,
Winterstein G.,
Godfried E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1988.tb03225.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , alveolar ridge , punch biopsy , pathology , surgery , implant
A healthy infant of an Ethiopian origin presented with yellow nodules on the maxillary alveolar ridge (Fig. 1). Punch biopsy specimens obtained from the lesions on the second day of life confirmed the diagnosis of inclusion cysts (Fig. 2). Follow‐up at 2 months of age did not reveal any changes in the morphology of the lesions. Subsequently, the nodules resolved spontaneously.