title: Granular cell tumor. A case report.
abstract: The granular cell tumor, a non-specific, slow growing nodule usually affecting the tongue, is best regarded as having a reactive/metabolic origin rather than a neoplastic one. Histogenetically, it is thought to develop from neural cells. Definitive diagnosis is only obtained after histologic examination of a tissue specimen.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Shapiro
authors: Louis
authors: L
authors: Mandel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology