[Associated granular cell tumor and esophageal cancer (author's transl)].

The first reported case of an association of Abrikossof's tumor and a cancer in the esophagus is described. After a general view of the published literature on these tumors, their clinical and pathological characteristics are outlined, and their histogenesis envisaged in relation to histochemical and ultrastructural findings. Therapeutic methods and means of follow-up surveillance are defined.