Yancoskie Aaron E, Reebye Uday N, Segal Joshua D, Aldape Barrios Beatriz C, Velasco Araceli Andrade, Fantasia John E
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; formerly a resident at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ, School of Medicine.
Surgeon, Triangle Implant Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2016 Jul;122(1):e14-8. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2015.10.013. Epub 2015 Oct 21.
The congenital granular cell lesion most commonly occurs on the maxillary or mandibular alveolus of neonates. Extra-alveolar congenital granular cell lesion is exceptionally rare, with only 10 cases reported. Two additional cases occurring on the tongue are presented with a description of the clinical, histopathologic, and immunohistochemical features. The differential diagnosis is discussed, and the literature reviewed.