Synchronous granular cell tumors of the pancreas and cecum

Alejandro Garces-Descovich; Mark P. Callery; Kevin R. Anderson; Vitaliy Poylin; Koenraad J. Mortele

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2018.07.011

Synchronous granular cell tumors of the pancreas and cecum

Alejandro Garces-Descovich^*, Mark P. Callery, Kevin R. Anderson, Vitaliy Poylin, Koenraad J. Mortele

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Surgery, Gastrointestinal/Endocrinology Division

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Abstract

Granular cell tumors (GCT) are rare and typically benign. Diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific imaging characteristics and symptomatology. Herein, we report a combination of pancreatic/cecal GCTs in a 43-year-old man. Contrast enhanced MDCT demonstrated a 1.5 cm well-defined homogeneous intraluminal cecal mass and a 1.6 cm slightly hypervascular pancreatic body mass. On MRI, the pancreatic mass showed increased enhancement on post-gadolinium delayed sequences. Diagnosis was confirmed by excisional pathology (S100 and CD68, PAS-D positive). Radiologists, gastroenterologists, and surgeons should ponder the possibility of GCTs in the differential diagnosis of any small, pancreatic or cecal well-defined tumor.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-99
Number of pages	5
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2018.07.011
State	Published - Nov 1 2018

Keywords

Cecum
Granular cell tumor
Pancreas
Radiology

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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