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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
We report on a 47-year-old man with a granular cell tumour of the appendix, discovered incidentally during surgery for a rectal adenocarcinoma that had been irradiated preoperatively. A detailed immunocytochemical analysis revealed positivity for S-100 and neuron-specific enolase (NSE). Electron microscopically, the cytoplasm of the tumour cells contained numerous pleomorphic lysosomes. In the appendix tissue adjacent to the tumour a neuroma and the histological features of radiation injury were present. Our findings suggest that this granular cell tumour may have originated from a pre-existing appendix neuroma which underwent granular degeneration, possibly as a result of radiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0174-7398
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
417
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Granular cell tumour of the appendix in a patient irradiated for a rectal carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Academic Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports