Prenatal ultrasound detection of a congenital epulis in a triple X female fetus: A case report

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 774-776

  Kim, Eleanore S ^a   Gross, Thomas L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OSF Saint Francis   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital epulis; Congenital gingival granular cell tumour (CGGCT); Facial mass; Prenatal diagnosis; Triple X

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GINGIVA TUMOR; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0032857596     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199908)19:8<774::AID-PD615>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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