Abrikosoff’s Tumor: A Case Repor

Abstract

A 68-year-old patient had, for about 7 months, in the right buttock, a nodule of about 2 cm in diameter, rosy colour, centrally ulcerated, of hard consistency, asymptomatic. Histological examination and immunohistochemical investigations deposed for the diagnosis of granular cell tumour (Abrikosoff tumour). Granular cell tumour is a neoplasm in most cases benign, characterised by voluminous cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and grainy appearance, with the granules corresponding to lysosomes. It is currently considered a variant of schwannoma, although cases with different histogenesis have been described. This tumour, most frequently localised on the dorsal surface of the tongue, very rarely affects the skin