Abstract

BARRIOS GARCIA, Lía; BENEDETTI PADRON, Inés  and  CONTRERAS BORREGO, Eusebio Enrique. Tongue granular cell tumor (Abrikossoff's tumor): case report. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.11, n.1, pp.129-133. ISSN 1692-7273.

The granular cell tumor (Abrikossoff's tumor) in 98% of cases is a benign neoplasm. Their presentation is rare and its histological provenience is controversial; however, the positive detection of protein S-100 suggests a neural origin. A case of a 16 years old patient is reported with histopathological diagnosis of granular cell tumor in the study of surgical resection specimen of lingual nodule.

Keywords : Abrikossoff's tumor; granular cell tumor; tongue nodule.

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