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Unusual tumor affecting any site of the body, but most often encountered in the head and neck. Considerable debate has surrounded the histogenesis of this neoplasm; however, it is considered to be a myoblastoma of, usually, a benign nature. It affects women more often than men. When it develops beneath the epidermis or mucous membrane, it can lead to proliferation of the squamous cells and mimic squamous cell carcinoma.

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Granular Cell Tumor Diseases Database

Location: http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb31674.htm

Definition - "Unusual tumor affecting any site of the body, but most often encountered in the head and neck. Considerable debate has surrounded the histogenesis of this neoplasm; however, it is considered to be a myoblastoma of, usually, a benign nature. It affects women more often than men. When it...
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Granular Cell Tumor Doctors Doctor

Location: http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/granularcelltumor.htm

This soft tissue tumor is most common in the skin and subcutaneous tissue but it has been reported in many organ systems. Its most common presentation is a solitary small nodule. Although once thought to be derived from smooth muscle, pathologists have now correctly identified its origin from peripheral nerve.
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Granular Cell Tumor of the Hand

Location: http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/55/4/841.pdf

Bielejeski - Granular Cell Tumor (Myoblastoma) of the Hand JBJS A 1973 55:841
Case Report of a mass excised from the thenar eminence.
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Granular cell tumor of the shoulder LUMEN

Location: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/medEd/medicine/dermatology/melton/gracel1.htm

This granular cell tumor is a firm, hyperpigmented, dermal nodule on the shoulder. The most common location of granular cell tumor is the tongue, and the next most common site is the skin. Granular cell tumors may also be found internally, particularly in the aerodigestive tract. They are benign.
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Granular Cell Tumors eMedicine

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2493.htm

Background: The controversy regarding whether the formation of a granular cell tumor (GCT) is a metabolic, degenerative, or neoplastic process is now resolved; it is a neoplastic process. Lesions are of neural derivation, as supported by immunophenotypic and ultrastructural evidence. Granularity of tumor cells is due to the accumulation of...
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