Psammomatous Melanotic Schwannoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis

Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma (PMS) is a rare pigmented tumor that can be part of the Carney complex. Here, we describe the case of a 35-year-old female patient presenting an isolated subcutaneous PMS. Histopathological analysis could not formally exclude the malignant nature of the tumor. The c...

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Autores principales: Merat, Rastine, Szalay-Quinodoz, Ildiko, Laffitte, Emmanuel, Kaya, Gürkan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Case Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27047937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442708
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Sumario:Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma (PMS) is a rare pigmented tumor that can be part of the Carney complex. Here, we describe the case of a 35-year-old female patient presenting an isolated subcutaneous PMS. Histopathological analysis could not formally exclude the malignant nature of the tumor. The challenging histological diagnosis and consequently the management of the patient are described.

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