A case of congenital epulis with tooth-like hard tissue

Abstract

We report a rare case of congenital epulis with tooth-like hard tissue. The epulis was found on the palatal gingiva of a 1-year 5-month-old boy. It was a smooth, round mass with a pedicle that may have been connected to tooth-like hard tissue. The tumor was excised with the patient under general anesthesia. It consisted of fibrous connective tissue with rich vascularity. The histopathological diagnosis was fibrous epulis.