JISC case 00709


  • Female, 6 months old
  • Clinical details:
    6 weeks ago a swelling appeared in the R. cheek which did not respond to antibiotics, xray showed an extensive osteolytic lesion of the mandible. Biopsy was done followed by complete removal of a black tumour under the gum margin. Two dark reddish black fragments of tissue weighing 24 G. The tumour was smooth, lobulated and firm, cut surface was black.
  • Diagnosis:
    Typical benign melanotic epulis of infancy.
  • System:
    Paediatric Pathology
  • Specimen:
    Excision

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