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Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl
Granular cell tumors are rare benign soft-tissue lesions that most commonly occur in the head and neck. They usually present in adulthood and are rarely seen in children. Here we present a 13-year-old girl who experienced symptoms of hoarseness of voice for most of her childhood and was unsuccessful...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877193 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19199 |
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author | Fraser, Amy L Anthony, Benjamin P |
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description | Granular cell tumors are rare benign soft-tissue lesions that most commonly occur in the head and neck. They usually present in adulthood and are rarely seen in children. Here we present a 13-year-old girl who experienced symptoms of hoarseness of voice for most of her childhood and was unsuccessfully treated for asthma, acid reflux, allergies, and bronchitis before direct visualization revealed what was initially thought to be a vocal cord cyst. Surgical excision and pathology revealed the unexpected diagnosis of a vocal cord granular cell tumor. The patient has had resolution of dysphonia and is undergoing voice therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-86421422021-12-06 Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl Fraser, Amy L Anthony, Benjamin P Cureus Otolaryngology Granular cell tumors are rare benign soft-tissue lesions that most commonly occur in the head and neck. They usually present in adulthood and are rarely seen in children. Here we present a 13-year-old girl who experienced symptoms of hoarseness of voice for most of her childhood and was unsuccessfully treated for asthma, acid reflux, allergies, and bronchitis before direct visualization revealed what was initially thought to be a vocal cord cyst. Surgical excision and pathology revealed the unexpected diagnosis of a vocal cord granular cell tumor. The patient has had resolution of dysphonia and is undergoing voice therapy. Cureus 2021-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8642142/ /pubmed/34877193 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19199 Text en Copyright © 2021, Fraser et al. https://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. |
spellingShingle | Otolaryngology Fraser, Amy L Anthony, Benjamin P Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl |
title | Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl |
title_full | Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl |
title_fullStr | Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl |
title_full_unstemmed | Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl |
title_short | Granular Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl |
title_sort | granular cell tumor in a 13-year-old girl |
topic | Otolaryngology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34877193 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19199 |
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