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- Title
Acute appendicitis secondary to a granular cell tumor of the appendix in a 19-year-old male.
- Authors
Zoccali, Marco; Cipriani, Nicole; Fichera, Alessandro; Turner, Jerrold R; Krane, Mukta
- Abstract
Granular cell tumors are rare, usually benign, neoplasms presenting as solitary small nodules in the skin or subcutaneous tissue. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is unusual, particularly of the appendix, and it is characterized by indolent, submucosal lesions usually diagnosed as an incidental finding.
- Publication
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2011, Vol 15, Issue 8, p1482
- ISSN
1873-4626
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11605-011-1536-4