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Year: 2004 Vol. 8 Num. 3 -
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Granular Cell Tumor of the Larynx: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
Tumor de Células Granulares da Laringe: Relato de Caso e Revisão de Literatura |
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Giordania Gomes Campos*, Luzia Abhrão El Hadj**, Marcelo Lodi de Araújo**, Paulo Pires de Mello**, Nilcimar Lourenço Miranda***, Luiz Fernando Pires de Mello****.
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myoblastoma, Abrikossoff tumor, subglottic tumor. |
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Introduction: Granular cell tumor is an unusual growth of probably neuroectodermal histogenesis, first reported by Abrikossoff in 1926 with the name of myoblastoma. About 1.200 cases were reported since then, 50% in the head and neck. Of these, 10% have a laryngeal localization.
Objective: To describe a case of a patient with diagnosis of laryngeal granular cell tumor.
Case Report: A 34 year-old female patient presented with a neck mass as a first sign. Examination with a rigid laryngoscope demonstrated an irregular red hypertrophy lesion in the posterior third of subglottic region. The tumor was treated successfully by total laryngectomy.
Conclusion: A granular cell tumor may present as clinically innocuous lesions on the larynx and the diagnosis is usually made by histopathology. The differential diagnosis should include squamous cell carcinoma.
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