Department of Stomatology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
JM Su (蘇吉梅) MSD(Oral Medicine)
Department of Ultrasonography, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China
JM Wang (王軍梅) MMed
Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
WZ Gu (顧偉忠) BMed
Correspondence to: Dr JM Su
Received January 28, 2010
Congenital granular cell tumour (CGCT) is a rare benign intraoral tumour found exclusively in the newborns. Over 200 cases have been reported from all over the world. Although CGCT in the newborns has been well reported in the literature, very few cases have been reported in China. In this paper, we report a case of congenital granular cell tumour seen on the anterior mandibular alveolus. The patient was a 2-day-old Chinese girl who presented with a pedunculated 3.5 cm-diameter round soft tissue gingival mass protruding from her mouth. We describe the prenatal diagnosis, clinical and histological characteristics of the lesion, and management.