Congenital epulis

Congenital epulis [CE] is a rare benign tumour arising from the alveolar process of the maxilla; less frequently from the mandible with a striking preponderance in the females. The tumour is mostly solitary. This paper describes a rare case of CE arising from the maxilla as well as from the mandible. The maxillary tumour had an associated haemangioma covering the whole anterior aspect of the left alveolar process and the buccal mucosa. A review of literature concerning neonatal CE is presented