congenital epulis
MONDO:0015528Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names congenital epulis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A congenital gingival tumor that occurs along the alveolar ridge of the maxilla. It usually affects female infants. The histogenesis is unknown. Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of large cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm. Complete surgical resection is curative.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015528), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: congenital epulis
- Also called
- congenital gingival cell tumorcongenital gingival cell tumourcongenital granular cell tumorcongenital granular cell tumourNeumann tumorNeumann tumour