INTRODUCTION: Granular Cell tumor(GCT) is an uncommon soft tissue tumor with an incidence of 0.017 – 0.029 % in general surgical specimen 1. They usually occur as solitary tumors, but are multiple in about 10% of the cases 2. Though the most common site of involvement is the tongue 3, it is also found in other sites. Granular cell tumor was originally described in 1926 as granular cell myoblato...

A case of endobronchial granular cell tumor and an adenocarcinoma in the same lobe of the lung are presented. A review of the literature documents 2 cases where there was coexistence of a bronchogenic carcinoma and a granular cell tumor. The different theories regarding the origin of granular cell tumors are considered. The treatment of choice would be that indicated for the carcinoma irrespect...

Congenital granular cell tumor (GCT) is a relatively rare intraoral benign tumor, approximately 200 cases of which have been reported in the neonatal period worldwide. The newborn infant may have feeding problems and respiratory difficulties due to airway obstruction. This lesion may be diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography and simple resection is mostly required. We report a case of an adult t...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a benign neoplasm showing neuroectodermal differentiation and ...