Abrikossoff's tumor: An unusual presentation

• Main Authors: Gnanaraj Pushpa (Author), Pradyot P Karve (Author), K Subashini (Author), Murali N Narasimhan (Author), Parveen Bashir Ahmad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abrikossoff's tumor or granular cell tumor is an infrequent benign neoplasm, first described by the Russian pathologist Abrikossoff in 1926. The neoplasm can affect all parts of the body with head and neck areas affected in 45-65% of patients. More than half of the head and neck lesions are loc...