Open AccessCongenital epulis
Author(s) -
BukolaF Adeyemi,
AbideenO Oluwasola,
AkinyeleO Adisa
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.66638
Subject(s) - histogenesis , epulis , alveolar ridge , vimentin , pathology , lesion , enolase , medicine , anatomy , biology , immunohistochemistry , surgery , implant
Congenital epulis of the newborn is a very rare and unique tumor first described in 1871 by Neuman. It has a female predilection. It is a tumor with no tendency to recur after excision. The histogenesis of the lesion is unknown, but it is believed to be of mesenchymal origin. We report a 2-day-old female with tumor mass on the anterior mandibular alveolar ridge, which demonstrated immunoreactivity for vimentin, S-100 and neuron-specific enolase; thus, suggesting a similar histogenesis with granular cell tumor.