Prenatal and postnatal management of congenital granular cell tumours: a case report

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-58

  Williams, Rhodri W ^a   Grave, Ben ^a   Stewart, Michael ^b   Heggie, Andrew A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congenital granular cell tumour; Fetal MRI; Fetal ultrasound; Neonatal airway; Prenatal diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFANT; MOUTH TUMOR; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 58149346178     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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