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Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor
Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare benign neoplasm of the skin that accounts for 0.5% of all soft-tissue tumors. The tumor mostly presents with a symptomatic slowly growing solitary nodule and overlying normal skin; therefore, it is not always considered in the differential diagnosis. Here, we repo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27504442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445479 |
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author | Gündüz, Özge Erkin, Gül Bilezikçi, Banu Adanalı, Gökhan |
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description | Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare benign neoplasm of the skin that accounts for 0.5% of all soft-tissue tumors. The tumor mostly presents with a symptomatic slowly growing solitary nodule and overlying normal skin; therefore, it is not always considered in the differential diagnosis. Here, we report a 58-year-old female patient who presented with a 4-year history of a slowly growing mass, with a dimension of 5 × 4 cm on her left waist, diagnosed as a GCT at the histopathological examination. The neoplastic cells had centrally located nuclei and granular eosinophilic cytoplasm and stained positively for S100, neuron-specific enolase, and CD68 antibodies. Fifteen months after surgery, the patient still showed no signs of local recurrence or metastases. Although a large diameter is a feature of malignant GCT, our case with cutaneous GCT was localized on the trunk and did not present malignant features clinically and histopathologically. |
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spelling | pubmed-49655302016-08-08 Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor Gündüz, Özge Erkin, Gül Bilezikçi, Banu Adanalı, Gökhan Dermatopathology (Basel) Case Studies Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare benign neoplasm of the skin that accounts for 0.5% of all soft-tissue tumors. The tumor mostly presents with a symptomatic slowly growing solitary nodule and overlying normal skin; therefore, it is not always considered in the differential diagnosis. Here, we report a 58-year-old female patient who presented with a 4-year history of a slowly growing mass, with a dimension of 5 × 4 cm on her left waist, diagnosed as a GCT at the histopathological examination. The neoplastic cells had centrally located nuclei and granular eosinophilic cytoplasm and stained positively for S100, neuron-specific enolase, and CD68 antibodies. Fifteen months after surgery, the patient still showed no signs of local recurrence or metastases. Although a large diameter is a feature of malignant GCT, our case with cutaneous GCT was localized on the trunk and did not present malignant features clinically and histopathologically. S. Karger AG 2016-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4965530/ /pubmed/27504442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445479 Text en Copyright © 2016 by S. Karger AG, Basel |
spellingShingle | Case Studies Gündüz, Özge Erkin, Gül Bilezikçi, Banu Adanalı, Gökhan Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor |
title | Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor |
title_full | Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor |
title_fullStr | Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor |
title_full_unstemmed | Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor |
title_short | Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor |
title_sort | slowly growing nodule on the trunk: cutaneous granular cell tumor |
topic | Case Studies |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965530/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27504442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000445479 |
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