congenital gingival granular cell tumor: a case report
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the congenital gingival granular cell tumor (cgct), also as known as congenital epulis, is an unusual benign oral mucosal lesion in newborns. a two-day-old female patient was admitted to the department of pediatric dentistry at gulhane medical academy, ankara, turkey with her family, and an intraoral examination showed a cgct located in the buccal region of the maxillary right first primary molar. in this report, we present a case of cgct in a newborn. keywords ● congenital epulis ● newman tumor ● oral mucosa
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journal of dentistry, shiraz university of medical sciencesجلد ۱۸، شماره ۱، صفحات ۷۰-۰
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