Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a rare malignant tumor that develops either from a preexisting neurofibroma or de novo. The cell of origin is believed to be the Schwann cell and possibly other nerve sheath cells. In this report, we describe a rare case of MPNST that arise from the socket of second left maxillary molar that has been already extracted in a young man. He was ref...

INTRODUCTION: Granular Cell tumor(GCT) is an uncommon soft tissue tumor with an incidence of 0.017 – 0.029 % in general surgical specimen 1. They usually occur as solitary tumors, but are multiple in about 10% of the cases 2. Though the most common site of involvement is the tongue 3, it is also found in other sites. Granular cell tumor was originally described in 1926 as granular cell myoblato...

A case of endobronchial granular cell tumor and an adenocarcinoma in the same lobe of the lung are presented. A review of the literature documents 2 cases where there was coexistence of a bronchogenic carcinoma and a granular cell tumor. The different theories regarding the origin of granular cell tumors are considered. The treatment of choice would be that indicated for the carcinoma irrespect...

pregnancy tumor is a benign, hyperplastic lesion of the gingiva, considered to be reactive or traumatic rather than neoplastic in nature. the term pyogenic granuloma is a misnomer as it is not filled with pus or granulomatous tissue histologically. it is multi factorial in nature, which shows an exaggerated response to stimuli such as low grade or chronic irritation, trauma or hormonal variatio...