Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus

Abrikossoff tumors, also known as granular cell tumors, are rare and often benign soft tissue neoplasms of Schwann cell origin. The vast majority of cases are reported in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Only 0.001% of Abrikossoff tumors are estimated to occur in the esophagus. We report a rare cas...

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Autores principales: Groudan, Kevin, Chalhoub, Jean, Singhania, Rohit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7880831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33604226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13278
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author Groudan, Kevin
Chalhoub, Jean
Singhania, Rohit
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description Abrikossoff tumors, also known as granular cell tumors, are rare and often benign soft tissue neoplasms of Schwann cell origin. The vast majority of cases are reported in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Only 0.001% of Abrikossoff tumors are estimated to occur in the esophagus. We report a rare case of Abrikossoff tumor of the esophagus in a patient who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy for abdominal pain and nausea.
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spelling pubmed-78808312021-02-17 Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus Groudan, Kevin Chalhoub, Jean Singhania, Rohit Cureus Gastroenterology Abrikossoff tumors, also known as granular cell tumors, are rare and often benign soft tissue neoplasms of Schwann cell origin. The vast majority of cases are reported in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Only 0.001% of Abrikossoff tumors are estimated to occur in the esophagus. We report a rare case of Abrikossoff tumor of the esophagus in a patient who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy for abdominal pain and nausea. Cureus 2021-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7880831/ /pubmed/33604226 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13278 Text en Copyright © 2021, Groudan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus
title Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus
title_full Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus
title_fullStr Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus
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title_short Abrikossoff Tumor (Granular Cell Tumor) Presenting in the Esophagus
title_sort abrikossoff tumor (granular cell tumor) presenting in the esophagus
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7880831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33604226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13278
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