Open AccessEndobronchial granular cell tumor mimicking asthma
Author(s) -
Pratik Biswas,
Subhajit Sen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of immunology and respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-012X
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijirm.2021.043
Subject(s) - granular cell tumor , medicine , asthma , granular cell , biopsy , pathology , radiology , immunohistochemistry , central nervous system
The article presents a 22 year old female being treated as a case of asthma without any benefit, whom was ultimately found to have an endobronchial growth which on biopsy revealed Granular Cell Tumor. Pulmonary Granular Cell Tumors are very rare benign tumors as less than 80 cases has been described since 1938, when it was first described.