Congenital granular cell tumor (congenital epulis): a lesion of multidisciplinary interest.

Congenital granular cell tumor (CGCT), or congenital epulis, is a very uncommon benign soft tissue lesion that usually arises from the alveolar mucosa of neonates and may cause respiratory and feeding problems. We report a case of a 3-day-old female newborn, who presented an intraoral tumor mass which was protruding from her mouth, and compromising feeding. Under general anesthesia, the lesion was completely removed and the patient had an uneventful postoperative course.

Cherubism: long-term follow-up of 2 patients in whom it regressed without treatment.

Cherubism is a rare hereditary, self-limiting fibrous dysplasia characterised by painless enlargement of the jaws in childhood. Although, it is accepted that the lesions of cherubism are eventually replaced by bone, there have been few long-term follow-up reports with clinicoradiographic documentation of spontaneous remission of the disease, without treatment. We report two cases of cherubic boys who were followed for 17 and 19 years.

Ganglion cyst of the temporomandibular joint.

Ganglion cysts of the temporomandibular joint are rare and arise from myxoid degeneration of die collagenous tissue of the capsule of the joint as a result of trauma.