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==Weird stuff==
==Weird stuff==
*Inflammatory polyp.
*Inflammatory polyp - assoc. trauma/previous intervention.
*Giant fibrovascular polyp.
*Giant fibrovascular polyp - loose connective tissue covered with squamous epithelium.
*Granular cell tumour.
*Granular cell tumour.
*Squamous papilloma.
*Squamous papilloma - koilocytes.
*Heterotopic gastric mucosa ("inlet patch").
*Heterotopic gastric mucosa ("inlet patch") - benign appearing gastric mucosa.
 
==Granular cell tumour==
===General===
*Rare.
*Usually benign.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm.
 
===Special stains===
*PAS +ve.
 
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid20471560>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rekhi | first1 = B. | last2 = Jambhekar | first2 = NA. | title = Morphologic spectrum, immunohistochemical analysis, and clinical features of a series of granular cell tumors of soft tissues: a study from a tertiary referral cancer center. | journal = Ann Diagn Pathol | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 162-7 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2010.01.005 | PMID = 20471560 }}</ref>
*S100 +ve.
*CD68 +ve (cytoplasmic).
*Vimentin +ve (membranous).
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granular_cell_tumor_(3)_skin.jpg GCT - skin (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granular_cell_tumor_(4)_S-100.JPG GCT - S100 (WC)].


==See also==
==See also==
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