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Cutaneous granular cell tumor clinically mimicking ectopic breast diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Keloth Thara,
Sreerekha Jinkala,
Gochhait Debasis,
Kekade Shailesh,
Siddaraju Neelaiah,
Sistla Sarath
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.24124
Subject(s) - medicine , nodule (geology) , fine needle aspiration , granular cell tumor , fine needle aspiration cytology , differential diagnosis , cytology , pathology , cytopathology , neoplasm , radiology , biopsy , immunohistochemistry , paleontology , biology
Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare benign neoplasm of Schwannian origin which accounts of 0.5% of soft tissue tumors. Although the most common site for GCT is tongue, it can occur at any site. GCT presenting as cutaneous nodule is rare, however cases have been reported in literature. We hereby document a case of 30 year female with a hyper‐pigmented cutaneous nodule of anterior chest wall on the milk‐line mimicking as an ectopic breast, diagnosed as GCT on fine needle aspiration cytology. We also add a note on the differential diagnoses of GCT with differentiating cytological features to emphasize on the correct diagnosis of GCT pre‐operatively.