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Generation and Expansion of Primary, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumor Lines
Published on: April 21, 2022
Pleural-based granular cell tumor
Chibuzo Odigwe1, Robert Bradley1, Rohan Ranjit Arya1
1Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina (Odigwe, Arya); and Professional Pathology Services, Columbia, South Carolina (Bradley).
Abstract:
Granular cell tumors are rare tumors of Schwann cell origin that arise from tissues of neural crest and mesenchymal origin. We report the clinical, radiographic, and pathological features of a pleural-based granular cell tumor in a 60-year-old African American man.
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