A Rare Presentation of Granular Cell Tumor of Tongue- A Case Report
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 5
Abstract
Introduction: Granular cell tumor is a soft tissue neoplasm that originates in the nervous system and arises at virtually any body site, but is mainly found in the skin, oral cavity or digestive tract. It is an uncommon benign hamartomatous lesion also known as Abrikossof tumor. This mesenchymal neoplasm apparently arises from neural or Schwann cell origin with benign and malignant forms. Presentation Of A Case A thirty year old male patient presented with a swelling on the dorsal surface of tongue, since one year with gradual increase in size. On examination, well defined nodular growth, firm in consistency, non pedunculated and surface of swelling was smooth. Clinically a differential diagnosis of fibroma or schwannoma was made. Discussion: Although we have many differential diagnoses, our working diagnosis was schwannoma of tongue, so conventional treatment of excision was planned. Surprisingly histopathologic report was contradicting to clinical diagnosis. Conclusion: Hence this is a unique case which appeared as an ambiguous swelling in relation to dorsal surface of tongue which was initially misdiagnosed as schwannoma and on histopathologic examination found to be a rare case of Granular Cell Tumor of Tongue.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Surej Kumar LK, Dr. Vinod Nair S, Dr. Ranjana Ravindran
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