Keloth Thara, Sreerekha Jinkala, Gochhait Debasis, Kekade Shailesh, Siddaraju Neelaiah, Sistla Sarath
Department of Pathology and Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2019 Apr;47(4):337-340. doi: 10.1002/dc.24124. Epub 2018 Dec 18.
Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare benign neoplasm of Schwannian origin which accounts of 0.5% of soft tissue tumors. Although the most common site for GCT is tongue, it can occur at any site. GCT presenting as cutaneous nodule is rare, however cases have been reported in literature. We hereby document a case of 30 year female with a hyper-pigmented cutaneous nodule of anterior chest wall on the milk-line mimicking as an ectopic breast, diagnosed as GCT on fine needle aspiration cytology. We also add a note on the differential diagnoses of GCT with differentiating cytological features to emphasize on the correct diagnosis of GCT pre-operatively.
颗粒细胞瘤(GCT)是一种起源于施万细胞的罕见良性肿瘤,占软组织肿瘤的0.5%。尽管GCT最常见的部位是舌头,但它可发生于任何部位。以皮肤结节形式出现的GCT很罕见,不过文献中已有相关病例报道。我们在此记录一例30岁女性患者,其乳线上前胸壁有一个色素沉着过度的皮肤结节,酷似异位乳腺,经细针穿刺细胞学检查诊断为GCT。我们还对具有鉴别性细胞学特征的GCT鉴别诊断做了说明,以强调术前对GCT的正确诊断。