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[Melanotic progonoma. Apropos of a voluminous tumor in an infant]
1Service de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo.
Revue De Stomatologie Et De Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale
|August 5, 1998
Abstract:
We report the case of a voluminous melanotic neuroectodermic tumor, also termed melanotic progonoma, which developed in a 5 month old infant, recalling the main aspects of such uncommon non-odontogenic tumors with characteristic histological features. The large size of the tumor can hinder feeding in infants. Surgical cure is generally easy and outcome quite satisfactory without recurrence.