Granular cell tumor of the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve.
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.
Condit
D P
DP
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.
Pochron
M D
MD
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery