title: Granular cell tumor of the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve.
abstract: Granular cell tumor rarely occurs in the hand. A patient with this tumor involving the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve, and twelve-month follow-up is discussed. This lesion, similar to neurofibromas, can infiltrate peripheral nerves and cannot be dissected from them. The lesion is probably of Schwann cell origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Condit
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pochron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery