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Congenital Epulis of the Newborn: A Case Report and Literature Review

Congenital epulis is a rare benign lesion of new-born and occurs mostly as a single tumor. A new-born infant with congenital epulis is a striking sight for both parents and health care professionals involved in neonatal care. The tumor has a female predilection with the female to male ratio being 10...

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Autores principales: Babu, Eldho, Kamalasanan, Gayathri, Prathima, GS, Kavitha, Muthukrishnan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35110881
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2078
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author Babu, Eldho
Kamalasanan, Gayathri
Prathima, GS
Kavitha, Muthukrishnan
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description Congenital epulis is a rare benign lesion of new-born and occurs mostly as a single tumor. A new-born infant with congenital epulis is a striking sight for both parents and health care professionals involved in neonatal care. The tumor has a female predilection with the female to male ratio being 10:1. These tumors in the infant's mouth are remarkably large, occupying much of the oral cavity and posing a risk of airway obstruction and it can interfere with the feeding. Although the clinical presentation of the congenital tumor is rather distressing, owing to its size and aggressive appearance, it is very much necessary that the attending pediatricians, pediatric surgeon be cognizant of the nature of this rare yet benign congenital tumor. The purpose of this article is to present a case report documenting the clinical presentation and management of Congenital Epulis on the anterior maxillary alveolus in a three-day old female patient. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Babu E, Kamalasanan G, Prathima GS, et al. Congenital Epulis of the Newborn A Case Report and Literature Review. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(6):833–837.
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spelling pubmed-87832272022-02-01 Congenital Epulis of the Newborn: A Case Report and Literature Review Babu, Eldho Kamalasanan, Gayathri Prathima, GS Kavitha, Muthukrishnan Int J Clin Pediatr Dent Case Report Congenital epulis is a rare benign lesion of new-born and occurs mostly as a single tumor. A new-born infant with congenital epulis is a striking sight for both parents and health care professionals involved in neonatal care. The tumor has a female predilection with the female to male ratio being 10:1. These tumors in the infant's mouth are remarkably large, occupying much of the oral cavity and posing a risk of airway obstruction and it can interfere with the feeding. Although the clinical presentation of the congenital tumor is rather distressing, owing to its size and aggressive appearance, it is very much necessary that the attending pediatricians, pediatric surgeon be cognizant of the nature of this rare yet benign congenital tumor. The purpose of this article is to present a case report documenting the clinical presentation and management of Congenital Epulis on the anterior maxillary alveolus in a three-day old female patient. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Babu E, Kamalasanan G, Prathima GS, et al. Congenital Epulis of the Newborn A Case Report and Literature Review. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2021;14(6):833–837. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8783227/ /pubmed/35110881 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2078 Text en Copyright © 2021; The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/© The Author(s). 2021 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_fullStr Congenital Epulis of the Newborn: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Congenital Epulis of the Newborn: A Case Report and Literature Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35110881
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2078
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