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The preoperative appearance of the tumour showing It arising from the anterior maxillary alveolus (note the gastric tube for feeding)
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The initial management included intravenous fluids and gastric feeding as oral feeding was impossible for this child (Figure 1).
Section through the tumour (x 250) stained with haematoxylin and eosin, demonstrating characteristic polygonal cells with granular cytoplasm and small round nuclei
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Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of a completely excised congenital gingival granular cell tumour (Figure 2).