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. 2015 Nov-Dec;60(6):627-9.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.159642.

Multifocal Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor: An Uncommon Clinical Entity

Abanti Saha  1 , Satyendranath Chowdhury  1 , Debabrata Bandyopadhyay  1
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Multifocal Cutaneous Granular Cell Tumor: An Uncommon Clinical Entity

Abanti Saha et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Nov-Dec.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A brownish dome-shaped nodule on the periumbilical skin
Figure 2
Figure 2
Subcutaneous nodule on the back
Figure 3
Figure 3
Skin-coloured dome-shaped nodule on front of neck
Figure 4
Figure 4
Sheets of polygonal cells with pink cytoplasm and central hyperchromatic nuclei. (H and E, ×100)
Figure 5
Figure 5
High-power view showing polygonal cells with granular eosinophilic cytoplasm and hyperchromatic nuclei. (H and E, ×400)
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