Abstract

Granular cell tumours are usually benign with a 1–2% incidence of malignancy. They are less sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy and are treated by surgical excision. We report a case of a malignant granular cell tumour located at the interventricular septum.

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Title
Malignant granular cell tumour at the interventricular septum
Author
Weng-Kin, Lou 1 ; Heng-Wen Chou 2 ; Tom Wei-Wu Chen 3 ; Che-Yu, Hsu 4 ; Jeng-Wei, Chen 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 
2  Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 
3  Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Oncology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 
4  Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Aug 2022
Publisher
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
ISSN
15699293
e-ISSN
15699285
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac099
ProQuest document ID
3191821137
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.