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MeSH Heading: Granular Cell Tumor
Tree Number(s): C04.557.450.590.350
Unique ID: D016586
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016586
Annotation: benign or malignant; coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term; do not confuse with GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR, an ovarian neoplasm
Scope Note: Unusual tumor affecting any site of the body, but most often encountered in the head and neck. Considerable debate has surrounded the histogenesis of this neoplasm; however, it is considered to be a myoblastoma of, usually, a benign nature. It affects women more often than men. When it develops beneath the epidermis or mucous membrane, it can lead to proliferation of the squamous cells and mimic squamous cell carcinoma.
Entry Term(s): Granular Cell Myoblastoma; Myoblastoma, Granular Cell
Previous Indexing: Myoblastoma (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/25
Revision Date: 1995/06/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

secondary (SC)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0025300
Scope Note: Unusual tumor affecting any site of the body, but most often encountered in the head and neck. Considerable debate has surrounded the histogenesis of this neoplasm; however, it is considered to be a myoblastoma of, usually, a benign nature. It affects women more often than men. When it develops beneath the epidermis or mucous membrane, it can lead to proliferation of the squamous cells and mimic squamous cell carcinoma.
Terms: Granular Cell Tumor Preferred Term
Term UI T049631
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Granular Cell Myoblastoma
Term UI T049629
Date10/10/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Myoblastoma, Granular Cell
Term UI T049630
Date06/25/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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