Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ramin Niknam; Kamran Bagheri Lankarani; Bita Geramizadeh

doi:10.1155/2017/1071623

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine (Jan 2017)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ramin Niknam,
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani,
Bita Geramizadeh

Affiliations

Ramin Niknam: Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Bita Geramizadeh: Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1071623
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2017

Abstract

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Gastrointestinal granular cell tumors are uncommon. The most common site of gastrointestinal granular cell tumor (GCT) is esophagus. We report a case of esophageal GCT incidentally diagnosed by endoscopy. The lesion was evaluated by endoscopic ultrasonography and resected using the endoscopic technique without complication.

Published in Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6528 (Print); 2090-6536 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3142

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