Gastric granular cell tumor in a youth excised by endoscopic submucosal dissection : A case report and literature review

Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2017 Apr-Jun;80(2):317-319.

Abstract

Granular cell tumors (GCTs) usually develop in patients aged 30-50 years in the skin, tongue, and mammary gland, with 5-9% of GCTs occurring on the esophagus, ascending colon, and cecum. We report a case of gastric GCT in a 16-year-old male who presented with nausea and abdominal discomfort. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed an elastic hard and yellowish submucosal tumor of the gastric cardia anterior wall. GCT was suspected upon biopsy ; after total endoscopic submucosal dissection, histology of the resected tumor confirmed the diagnosis. Endoscopic treatment should be considered in youths with GCT.

Keywords: endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD); endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS); gastric granular cell tumor (GCT); stomach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy / methods
  • Cardia* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardia* / pathology
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection / methods*
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System / methods
  • Endosonography / methods
  • Granular Cell Tumor* / pathology
  • Granular Cell Tumor* / physiopathology
  • Granular Cell Tumor* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / physiopathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome