Pleural-based granular cell tumor
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Generation and Expansion of Primary, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Tumor Lines
Published on: April 21, 2022
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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