title: Granular cells tumor of the vulva: an exceptional entity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Granular cells tumor (GCT) is a rare tumor that develops on skin and soft tissues. Only 1-2% of these tumors present malignant behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report three cases of GCT and review the management of these tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The first case is a 73-year-old woman who was diagnosed with an atypical GCT. She was treated with local excision and then presented a local recurrence 21 months after the surgery. The other two cases are 60- and 58-year-old women diagnosed with a benign GCT. They were treated with single excision; both patients underwent second surgery due to margin affectation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Management of GCT is not clear nowadays. The careful selection of patients with poor prognostic factors is very important. Follow-up for early diagnosis of local recurrence and metastases of these tumors is of utmost importance.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brunel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moreno-Palacios
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Santiago
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zapardiel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery