Postgraduate pediatric education - perspective and issues

This communication raises some issues and intends to provoke thought related to postgraduate education in paediatrics with special reference to Saudi Arabia and its Eastern Province. Questions relating to selection, quality of training and evaluation have been raised previously but apart from suggestions, no attempt has been made to answer them. Attention is drawn to the need for a national dialogue for future development necessitated by the rapidly changing needs of health care of children in the Kingdom

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