title: Granular cell tumor of the breast.
abstract: Three cases of granular cell tumor of the breast are reported. Granular cell tumor of the breast is a rare benign tumor with a malignant appearance both clinically, radiologically and macroscopically. The cytology is quite characteristic although the tumor clinically often resembles a carcinoma. Frozen section can be misinterpreted, unnecessary mastectomy or axillary dissection can be prevented by careful cytological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Academic Hospital, State University Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Baeten
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Weidema
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Willebrand
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Jong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology