RESIDENT CASE STUDIES

Week 12 July 7 - July 11, 2003: Case 1

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61 year old female with abdominal wall mass

 

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Questions:

1. The histologic features are most consistent with:
   1. Granular cell tumor
   2. Malignant granular cell tumor 
   3. Rhabdomyoma
   4. Hibernoma
   5. Fibroxanthoma

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2. The following is true of the tumor:
   1. It shows positive staining for S100
   2. It shows positive staining for CD68
   3. It shows positive staining for neuron-specific enolase (NSE)
   4. It shows positive staining for PAS
   5. All of the above

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Week 12 Case 1 Discussion