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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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Autores principales: Gündüz, Özge, Erkin, Gül, Bilezikçi, Banu, Adanalı, Gökhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2016
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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
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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
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title_short Slowly Growing Nodule on the Trunk: Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor
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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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