Ancient schwannoma of the orbit

The ancient schwannoma is a rare variant of a neurilemoma with a course typical of a slow-growing benign neoplasm. Histologically, it can be confused with a malignant mesenchymal tumor because of increased cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, and hyperchromatism. Despite the degree of nuclear atypia,...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Anjali S., Anjum, Shaziya, Kokandakar, Hemant R., Bindu, Rajan S., Awargaonkar, Amarnath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4134548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25136229
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.137146
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author Kulkarni, Anjali S.
Anjum, Shaziya
Kokandakar, Hemant R.
Bindu, Rajan S.
Awargaonkar, Amarnath
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description The ancient schwannoma is a rare variant of a neurilemoma with a course typical of a slow-growing benign neoplasm. Histologically, it can be confused with a malignant mesenchymal tumor because of increased cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, and hyperchromatism. Despite the degree of nuclear atypia, mitotic figures are absent. We describe the clinical and histopathologic features of an ancient schwannoma of the orbit. A need for early removal of such tumors is recommended to prevent complications.
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spelling pubmed-41345482014-08-18 Ancient schwannoma of the orbit Kulkarni, Anjali S. Anjum, Shaziya Kokandakar, Hemant R. Bindu, Rajan S. Awargaonkar, Amarnath Oman J Ophthalmol Case Report The ancient schwannoma is a rare variant of a neurilemoma with a course typical of a slow-growing benign neoplasm. Histologically, it can be confused with a malignant mesenchymal tumor because of increased cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, and hyperchromatism. Despite the degree of nuclear atypia, mitotic figures are absent. We describe the clinical and histopathologic features of an ancient schwannoma of the orbit. A need for early removal of such tumors is recommended to prevent complications. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4134548/ /pubmed/25136229 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.137146 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Kulkarni AS, et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4134548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25136229
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