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Granular cell tumor of the tongue

Alper Kanmaz
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Yunus Feyyat Sakin
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Özel Uzmanlar Tıp Merkezi, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Togay Müderris
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Nazım Bozan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl Universitesi, Van, Turkey
Muzaffer Kırış
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Received: 13 September 2024
Published: 02 February 2014

Abstract

Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare benign neoplasm that is observed in oral cavity mostly in head-neck part or especially on the tongue. This lesion is generally observed as a solitary nodule with unidentified boundaries and it may reside in different areas of the body. The presented case is a 35-year-old male patient who referred with a problem of indolent lesion on his tongue. Excisional biopsy has been applied to the patient under general anesthesia. There was no complication observed in surgical operation and during post-operative period. There were no symptoms observed on the sixth month of post-operative period. In this paper, a case that has unidentified boundary of tongue placement which includes cystic lesion and identified by a GHT diagnosis has been presented by reviewing the up-to-date studies.

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