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Case Reports
. 2013 Oct;30(4):287-8.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.126675.

Recurrent benign cutaneous granular cell tumor: A case report

Garima Goel  1 , Neha Singh  1 , Richa Gupta  1 , Shyama Jain  1
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Case Reports

Recurrent benign cutaneous granular cell tumor: A case report

Garima Goel et al. J Cytol. 2013 Oct.

Abstract

Granular cell tumors (GCT) are uncommon tumors of uncertain histogenesis. They may occur at any site and most commonly involve the tongue, breast, upper respiratory tract, and soft tissue of upper extremities; however, the involvement of skin is rare. The cytological findings of cutaneous GCT are limited to a few cases being reported till date; we report a case of cutaneous granular cell tumor in a 42-year-old male.

Keywords: Cutaneous; cytology; granular cell tumor.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
(a) Well circumscribed soft tissue swelling on the back (b) FNA smears showing few multinucleate cells (Giemsa, ×400) along with few cells with intranuclear inclusions (Inset) (Giemsa, ×600) (c) Section from cell block showing uniform granular cells with low N: C ratio (H and E, 400) S100 positive tumor cells (IHC, ×400) (d) Section from cell block showing cells with PAS-positive, diastase-resistant granular cytoplasm (PAS with diastase, ×400)
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