Min Ji-Won, Kim Yun-Sook
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, University of Soonchunhyang College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
J Menopausal Med. 2017 Aug;23(2):135-137. doi: 10.6118/jmm.2017.23.2.135. Epub 2017 Aug 31.
Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare soft tissue tumor that derived from Schwann cells. Most are benign, less than 2% are malignant and, in the malignant cases, the prognosis of survival is poor. Most of these tumors are less than 3 cm in size, and they are more common in black women. The disease usually occurs in the 40s to the 60s and occurs after menopause, but there are few cases reported in adolescence. A 45-year-old woman visited the outpatient clinic with a solid mass that developed 2 years ago and present to date on the left side of the clitoris. After complete resection, pathologic examination proved to be a granular cell. The patient has been living without recurrence for one year. We report the first case of the GCT of the clitoris in postmenopausal woman in Korea with a brief review of the literature.
颗粒细胞瘤(GCT)是一种源自施万细胞的罕见软组织肿瘤。大多数为良性,恶性者不到2%,而在恶性病例中,生存预后较差。这些肿瘤大多小于3厘米,在黑人女性中更为常见。该病通常发生在40至60岁之间,绝经后发病,但青春期报道的病例很少。一名45岁女性因2年前出现并持续至今的阴蒂左侧实性肿块前来门诊就诊。完整切除后,病理检查证实为颗粒细胞瘤。该患者已无复发存活一年。我们报告韩国绝经后女性阴蒂颗粒细胞瘤的首例病例,并对文献进行简要回顾。