Metachronous Granular Cell Tumor of the Descending Colon

Granular cell tumors (GCTs) are uncommon tumors. They are believed to be neuronal in origin and are usually found in the head and/or neck area of the body. They have also been reported in various locations of the gastrointestinal (GI) system, usually discovered during routine screening colonoscopy....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shrestha, Binav, Khalid, Mazin, Gayam, Vijay, Mukhtar, Osama, Thapa, Shivani, Mandal, Amrendra K., Kaler, Jaspreet, Khalid, Mowyad, Garlapati, Pavani, Iqbal, Shamah, Posner, Gerald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116432
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr1045w
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Sumario:Granular cell tumors (GCTs) are uncommon tumors. They are believed to be neuronal in origin and are usually found in the head and/or neck area of the body. They have also been reported in various locations of the gastrointestinal (GI) system, usually discovered during routine screening colonoscopy. We report a case of GCT in a 58-year-old asymptomatic African American female as a metachronous tumor of a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon, which was an incidental finding in screening colonoscopy. To our knowledge, this is the first case with GCT identified as a metachronous tumor following an adenocarcinoma of the colon.

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