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Granular Cell Tumors Of The Urinary Bladder, Farhat Abbas, Amanullah Memon, Tanya Siddiqi, Naila Kayani Naila Kayani, Nazim Ali Ahmad
Granular Cell Tumors Of The Urinary Bladder, Farhat Abbas, Amanullah Memon, Tanya Siddiqi, Naila Kayani Naila Kayani, Nazim Ali Ahmad
Department of Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Granular cell tumors (GCTs) are extremely rare lesions of the urinary bladder with only nine cases being reported in world literature of which one was malignant. Generally believed to be of neural origin based on histochemical, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural studies; they mostly follow a clinically benign course but are commonly mistaken for malignant tumors since they are solid looking, ulcerated tumors with ill-defined margins.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
We herein report two cases of GCTs, one benign and one malignant, presenting with gross hematuria in a 14- and a 47-year-old female, respectively.
RESULTS:
Histopathology revealed characteristic GCTs with positive …