Table 1.
Study; year | Demographic features | Past history | Duration of illness | Investigations | Treatment given |
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A case of recurrent granular cell tumor; 2007 [8] | 16-year-old female | Previous history of granular cell tumor | 3-year history of a painless mass on the right side of her neck | Clinical examination: ~2 × 1 cm of a yellowish, solid, nodular mass was seen. Ultrasonography: to rule out metastases, cervical lymph nodes were examined. |
Under local anesthetic, the lesion was removed. Postoperative treatment: silicone blocks and topical steroid therapy were used. Follow up. |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 29-year-old female | Amenorrhea | 12 months | MRI | Surgical: total resection, pterional approach. |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 44-year-old male | None | MRI | Surgical: subtotal resection, trans-sphenoidal approach. | |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 50-year-old female | Bilateral visual deficits | 3 years | MRI | Surgical: total resection, pterional approach. |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 9-year-old male | Lumbodorsal pain | 2 months | MRI | Surgical: subtotal resection, laminectomy. |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 12-year-old female | None | MRI | Surgical: subtotal resection, laminectomy. | |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 25-year-old female | Epilepsy | 3 weeks | MRI | Surgical: total resection, left frontal craniotomy. |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 45-year-old female | Facial hypesthesia | 2 years | MRI | Surgical: biopsy, transnasal approach. |
Granular cell tumors in the CNS; 2016 [10] | 29-year-old male | Occipital pain | 1 year | MRI | Surgical: subtotal resection, far lateral craniotomy. |
GCA of the pineal region; 2015 [11] | 16-year-old male | Parinaud syndrome, raised intracranial tension | 1 month | MRI: 3 × 3 × 4–cm iso-intensity lesion and homogeneous contrast enhancement | Surgical: subtotal resection, subtemporal approach, CSF shunt. |
Granular cell variant meningioma; 2019 [12] | 49-year-old female | Unsteady walking | None | MRI: sized at 5.3 × 6.7 × 5.2 cm and situated in the right parietal and temporal area. | Surgical: total resection, craniotomy |
GCA; 2018 [13] | 81-year-old female | Seizure and left-sided hemiparesis | None | CT: hypodensity in the right temporal lobe; MRI: subcortical white matter mass in the right temporal occipital region. | Surgical: total resection |
Granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis; 2018 [14] | 28-year-old male | Factor-VII deficiency | 2 years | Clinical examination: decrease facial and body hair; ophthalmological examination: bilateral optic atrophy; MRI: big suprasellar mass compressing pituitary and optic chiasm. | First: trans-sphenoidal endoscopy Second: surgical subtotal resection; transcranial approach. |
GCA; 2012 [16] | 75-year-old male | 8-year history of hypertension and MI 5 years back | 3 months | CT and MRI: 6.5 cm mass seen in the frontal lobe and anterior genu of corpus callosum; Biopsy |