Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency

The congenital epulis is a benign congenital granular cell tumor arising most often of the alveolar ridge of the jawbone. When giant, it is source of digestive discomfort disabling feeding. We report the case of a newborn female, vaginal delivery, presented with a giant intraoral tumor. Tumor obstru...

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Autores principales: Gnassingbe, Komla, Mihluedo-Agbolan, Komlan A, Bissa, Harefetéguéna, Amegbor, Koffi, Noumedem, Nguefack Blanchard, Egbohou, Pilakimwe, Mama, Wakatou, Akakpo-Numado, Gamedzi K, Tekou, Hubert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25396021
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.195.3023
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author Gnassingbe, Komla
Mihluedo-Agbolan, Komlan A
Bissa, Harefetéguéna
Amegbor, Koffi
Noumedem, Nguefack Blanchard
Egbohou, Pilakimwe
Mama, Wakatou
Akakpo-Numado, Gamedzi K
Tekou, Hubert
author_facet Gnassingbe, Komla
Mihluedo-Agbolan, Komlan A
Bissa, Harefetéguéna
Amegbor, Koffi
Noumedem, Nguefack Blanchard
Egbohou, Pilakimwe
Mama, Wakatou
Akakpo-Numado, Gamedzi K
Tekou, Hubert
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description The congenital epulis is a benign congenital granular cell tumor arising most often of the alveolar ridge of the jawbone. When giant, it is source of digestive discomfort disabling feeding. We report the case of a newborn female, vaginal delivery, presented with a giant intraoral tumor. Tumor obstructing the mouth of the newborn and prevent the attachment and feeding. The treatment consisted of excision of the tumor under general anesthesia. The histology of the tumor was revealed that it was an epulis.
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spelling pubmed-42290042014-11-13 Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency Gnassingbe, Komla Mihluedo-Agbolan, Komlan A Bissa, Harefetéguéna Amegbor, Koffi Noumedem, Nguefack Blanchard Egbohou, Pilakimwe Mama, Wakatou Akakpo-Numado, Gamedzi K Tekou, Hubert Pan Afr Med J Case Report The congenital epulis is a benign congenital granular cell tumor arising most often of the alveolar ridge of the jawbone. When giant, it is source of digestive discomfort disabling feeding. We report the case of a newborn female, vaginal delivery, presented with a giant intraoral tumor. Tumor obstructing the mouth of the newborn and prevent the attachment and feeding. The treatment consisted of excision of the tumor under general anesthesia. The histology of the tumor was revealed that it was an epulis. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4229004/ /pubmed/25396021 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.195.3023 Text en © Komla Gnassingbe et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gnassingbe, Komla
Mihluedo-Agbolan, Komlan A
Bissa, Harefetéguéna
Amegbor, Koffi
Noumedem, Nguefack Blanchard
Egbohou, Pilakimwe
Mama, Wakatou
Akakpo-Numado, Gamedzi K
Tekou, Hubert
Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
title Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
title_full Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
title_fullStr Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
title_full_unstemmed Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
title_short Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
title_sort congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25396021
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.195.3023
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