Granular cell tumors: Review of the parameters determining possible malignancy.
The granular cell tumor (GCT) is normally benign in behavior, but occasionally surprises us with local aggressiveness, and in 2% of cases with distant dissemination. Diagnosis of proven malignancy can only be confirmed by the presence of metastasis. We revised the parameters which give rise to a GCT being considered to have malignant behavior in the absence of metastasis, basing our account on a clinical case.
Budiño-Carbonero
Silvia
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FEA Servicio de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial H.U. Puerta de Mar, Cádiz, Spain. pabloman_99@hotmail.com
Navarro-Vergara
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Rodríguez-Ruiz
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Modelo-Sánchez
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A
Torres-Garzón
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Rendón-Infante
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JI
Fortis-Sánchez
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*