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CASE REPORT
Granular cell breast tumour mimicking infiltrating carcinoma
  1. Paschalis Gavriilidis1,
  2. Ilektra Michalopoulou2,
  3. Aggeliki Baliaka2,
  4. Anastasia Nikolaidou2
  1. 1Department of Surgical Oncology, Theageneio Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Theageneio Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
  1. Correspondence to Paschalis Gavriilidis, pgavrielidis{at}yahoo.com

Summary

Granular cell tumour (GCT) is a rare, usually benign neoplasm that can mimic carcinoma on breast imaging. GCT can originate anywhere in the body but is most frequently found in the head and neck region, particularly in the tongue. Of the reported cases, 6% have occurred in the breast, most commonly in the upper inner quadrant. We report a case of GCT of the breast presenting as a spiculated mass infiltrating the greater thoracic muscle on breast screening mammogram.

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