Granular Cell Tumor of the Breast : Report of a case
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ID | 37726 |
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Kohashi, Toshihiko
Haruta, Rumi
Sugino, Keizo
Marubayashi, Seiji
Yahata, Hiroshi
Asahara, Toshimasa
Fujii, Seiji
Dohi, Kiyohiko
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subject | Granular cell tumor
Breast tumor
Magnetic resonance mammography
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Medical sciences
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abstract | A case of granular cell tumor of the breast in a 43-year-old woman is described. The patient presented with a painless mass in the upper-outer quadrant of her right breast. Mammography showed a spiculated tumor and ultrasonography demonstrated a hypoechoic mass with an irregular border. Magnetic resonance (MR) mammography revealed a homogeneous enhanced mass in Tl-weighted images using Gd-DTPA and a ringed high-intensity area around the mass in T2-weighted images. Fine-needle aspiration cytology failed to show any malignant cells. A partial resection of the breast was performed and histological examination revealed a granular cell tumor.
Granular cell tumors are generally always benign, but they may be misdiagnosed as malignant tumors because of their mammographic and ultrasonographic findings. MR mammography did not reveal a typical breast cancer in either Tl- or T2-weighted images in the present case. This case illustrates the need for care in preoperative examinations in order to avoid overdiagnosis of breast cancer. |
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Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences
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volume | Volume 48
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issue | Issue 1
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start page | 31
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end page | 33
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date of issued | 1999-03
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publisher | Hiroshima University Medical Press
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issn | 0018-2052
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language |
eng
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Departmental Bulletin Paper
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HU type |
Departmental Bulletin Papers
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DCMI type | text
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format | application/pdf
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text version | publisher
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department |
Graduate School of Biomedical Science
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