title: Granular cell nerve tumor in the hand: case report.
abstract: Granular cell tumor of a digital nerve is extremely rare; I could identify only 2 previous reports in the literature. I present a case of a granular cell tumor arising from an index digital nerve that was treated with wide resection and nerve graft reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Hand and Wrist Institute, Torrance, CA 90503, USA. d-slutsky@msn.com
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Slutsky
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005629:Frozen Sections; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016067:Nerve Transfer / Q000379:methods; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins