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Gastric granular cell tumour, a rare entity
Cláudia Santos1, Ana Virgínia Araújo1, Helena Contente1
1General Surgery Department, Hospital Sao Francisco Xavier, Lisboa, Portugal.
Abstract:
Granular cell tumours are rare neoplasms that may occur anywhere in the body. The most common locations are the oral cavity, skin and subcutaneous tissue, with only 8% of these tumours occurring at a gastrointestinal site. In the specific case of gastric granular cell tumours, only a few cases have been published until today. Granular cell tumours are usually benign; however, some malignant forms have been reported. Both endoscopic and surgical resection represent the treatment of choice. The authors report a new clinical case of a gastric granular cell tumour, treated with laparoscopic surgical resection, describing some endoscopic, imagiological and anatomopathological features.
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