title: [Granulosa cell tumor (Abrikosov's tumor) of the esophagus].
abstract: Granular cell tumors (Abrikossoff's tumor) are rather rare tumors of the esophagus, which are benign in most cases. 59 tumors have been described in 49 patients. Therapy of choice is surgical removal. Periodic endoscopic follow up may substitute for surgery only in patients, which are considered to be high risk during surgery, and whose tumors are small, asymptomatic and benign. Removal by endoscopic means should be performed only in selected cases, that is if tumors are small and removable by biopsy forceps or if they are quite prominent.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Granularzelltumor (Abrikossoff-Tumor) des Osophagus.