title: Acute appendicitis secondary to a granular cell tumor of the appendix in a 19-year-old male.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Granular cell tumors are rare, usually benign, neoplasms presenting as solitary small nodules in the skin or subcutaneous tissue. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is unusual, particularly of the appendix, and it is characterized by indolent, submucosal lesions usually diagnosed as an incidental finding.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the rare case of acute appendicitis secondary to a granular cell tumor of the appendix in a 19-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. mzoccal@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zoccali
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fichera
authors.forename: Jerrold R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Mukta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D055815:Young Adult