TY - JOUR
T1 - Case reports
T2 - Granular cell tumors of extremities: Comparison of benign and malignant variants
AU - Thacker, Mihir M.
AU - Humble, Scott D.
AU - Mounasamy, Vartharaj
AU - Temple, H. Thomas
AU - Scully, Sean P.
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Granular cell tumors are uncommon soft tissue neoplasms that arise from cells of neural origin. We present three patients with this rare tumor: one with a benign tumor, one with a malignant tumor, and one with a histologically benign tumor that later metastasized to the lung. We studied the difficulty in differentiating between the benign and malignant variants using only histology. We also compared the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features and the criteria for malignancy, natural history, and prognosis.
AB - Granular cell tumors are uncommon soft tissue neoplasms that arise from cells of neural origin. We present three patients with this rare tumor: one with a benign tumor, one with a malignant tumor, and one with a histologically benign tumor that later metastasized to the lung. We studied the difficulty in differentiating between the benign and malignant variants using only histology. We also compared the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features and the criteria for malignancy, natural history, and prognosis.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.blo.0000238786.06231.17
DO - 10.1097/01.blo.0000238786.06231.17
M3 - Article
C2 - 16936589
AN - SCOPUS:33846799134
SN - 0009-921X
VL - 455
SP - 267
EP - 273
JO - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
JF - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
ER -