The first description of oral lipomas was made by Roux in 1848. He referred it as a ‘yellow Epulis’ [4]. Morphologically intra-oral lipomas can be classified as diffuse form affecting the deeper tissues, superficial form and encapsulated form [5]. Multiple head and neck lipomas have been observed in neurofibromatosis, Gardner syndrome, EcephaloCraniocutaneous lipomatosis, Multiple familial lipo...

Received March 29, 2003 Abstract Congenital infantile myofibromatosis is a rare disorder with multiple fibromatous tumours in skin, bone, muscle, viscera and subcutaneous tissue presenting in early infancy. Multiple lytic bone lesions and vertebra involvement are also common, mimicking the clinical picture of metastatic tumours. However, it is a disease with variable prognosis depending on the ...

An infant with congenital gingival epulis which spontaneously regressed over the first year of life is reported. A policy of conservative management should be adopted in this condition unless there are feeding problems in the newborn period or reasons to doubt the diagnosis.