Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
McGuire, Laura Stone
Yakoub, Danny
Möller, Mecker G.
Rosenberg, Andrew
Livingstone, Alan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Malignant granular cell tumors are rare, intensely aggressive entities.
This paper presents a case of a large rapidly recurrent malignant granular cell tumor with regional and distal metastases on the back of a 54-year-old Cuban man.
The primary tumor recurred within six months of the original wide local excision and with satellite lesions apparent at twelve months, and the mass was diagnosed using the histological criteria established by Fanburg-Smith et al.
for malignant granular cell tumors.
By fifteen months, right axillary lymphadenopathy, multiple satellite lesions, pulmonary nodules, and distant metastasis in the right thigh were present.
At sixteen months, wide local excision of recurrent mass and local satellite masses along with right axillary dissection and placement of Integra with subsequent split-thickness skin graft were performed by surgical oncology and plastic surgery teams.
The surgical specimen measured 32.0 × 13.5 × 5.5 cm, containing multiple homogeneous masses with the largest mass 22.0 × 9.0 × 4.6 cm.
Following surgery, patient was started on Pazopanib 800 mg/day based on phase III randomized trial data in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas showing this as a potential novel therapy for malignant granular cell tumors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
McGuire, Laura Stone& Yakoub, Danny& Möller, Mecker G.& Rosenberg, Andrew& Livingstone, Alan. 2014. Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017258
Modern Language Association (MLA)
McGuire, Laura Stone…[et al.]. Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017258
American Medical Association (AMA)
McGuire, Laura Stone& Yakoub, Danny& Möller, Mecker G.& Rosenberg, Andrew& Livingstone, Alan. Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Back: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017258
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1017258