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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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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author Merat, Rastine
Szalay-Quinodoz, Ildiko
Laffitte, Emmanuel
Kaya, Gürkan
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48164312016-04-04 Psammomatous Melanotic Schwannoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis Merat, Rastine Szalay-Quinodoz, Ildiko Laffitte, Emmanuel Kaya, Gürkan Dermatopathology (Basel) Case Studies 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. S. Karger AG 2015-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4816431/ /pubmed/27047937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442708 Text en Copyright © 2015 by S. Karger AG, Basel
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Psammomatous Melanotic Schwannoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis
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title_full Psammomatous Melanotic Schwannoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis
title_fullStr Psammomatous Melanotic Schwannoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis
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title_sort psammomatous melanotic schwannoma: a challenging histological diagnosis
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url 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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