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Rev Mex Pediatr 2007; 74 (4)

Epignathus in a newborn

Caballero NB, Rodríguez-Bucheli JE, Trejo Maya JL, Martínez GME

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 158-160
PDF size: 175.39 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Tumors of the mouth are rarely seen in newborn children, and it’s fatality rate depend on the size of the tumor and place were is it located. Here is reported a 39 weeks of gestation newborn with epignathus, same it was extirpated by surgery without complications.


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