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ArticleAnnals of maxillofacial surgery

Malignant Abrikossoff's Tumour of the Tonsil - A Case Report of a Rare Entity.

Giulia Molinari, Pietro Marrè, Ignacio Javier Fernandez, Livio Presutti, Maria Giulia Pirini, Cecilia Botti, Daria Maria Filippini

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Giulia MolinariDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy.
Pietro MarrèDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy.
Ignacio Javier FernandezDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy.
Livio PresuttiDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy.
Maria Giulia PiriniDepartment of Pathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Cecilia BottiDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Italy.
Daria Maria FilippiniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy.

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Abstract

Rationale: This study aimed to report an uncommon site of origin of a rare head-and-neck cancer, namely malignant granular cell tumour. Patient Concerns: An 89-year-old female patient complained of persistent pharyngodynia and odynophagia for two months. Diagnosis: Upon clinical examination, the right palatine tonsil was larger and palpably firmer than the contralateral. An incisional biopsy of the lesion was performed under local anaesthesia revealing malignant granular cell tumour. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) scan of the head and neck and an Treatment: Following a multidisciplinary consultation and the patient's informed permission, a right tonsillectomy extended to the constrictor muscle fibres of the upper pharynx was performed. Outcomes: The tumour was staged as pT2 R0 cN0 M0, according to the AJCC 8 Take-away Lessons: Granular cell tumours are rare mesenchymal tumours, firstly described by the pathologist Abrikossoff in 1926. This type of tumour constitutes approximately 0.5% of all soft-tissue tumours, and can affect any part of the body, with the head and neck being the most frequently involved site. The tonsil is an extremely rare localisation of this cancer. The differential diagnosis of unilateral tonsillar enlargement should also include this histological entity.

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Abrikossoff’s tumourgranular cell tumourpharyngeal cancertonsillar cancertonsillectomy

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