Open AccessAbrikossoff′s tumor of tongue: Report of an uncommon lesion
Author(s) -
G Suchitra,
Kaustubh N Tambekar,
Kango Prasad Gopal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.131943
Subject(s) - tongue , lesion , head and neck , oral cavity , differential diagnosis , immunohistochemistry , neoplasm , pathology , medicine , anatomy , surgery , orthodontics
Granular cell tumor, an uncommon neoplasm, can occur at any site in the body, but they are more commonly observed in the head and neck region, especially the oral cavity. A lesion of controversial origin, this entity has to be considered in the differential diagnosis of swellings of the tongue. Immunohistochemical findings obtained in the present case also render support for the neural histogenetic origin for this tumor. Though commonly observed in the fourth to sixth decades of life, we present this case in a 9-year-old female patient.