Hybrid Neurofibroma-Schwannoma

Neurofibromas and schwannomas are common lesions that may be idiopathic or may occur in association with neural crest genetic syndromes such as neurofibromatosis type 1, neurofibromatosis type 2, and schwannomatosis. A hybrid tumor that contains pathological characteristics of both neurofibroma and...

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Autores principales: Hussain, Namath S, Specht, Charles S, Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth, Glantz, Michael, Harbaugh, Kimberly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158577
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.548
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author Hussain, Namath S
Specht, Charles S
Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth
Glantz, Michael
Harbaugh, Kimberly
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description Neurofibromas and schwannomas are common lesions that may be idiopathic or may occur in association with neural crest genetic syndromes such as neurofibromatosis type 1, neurofibromatosis type 2, and schwannomatosis. A hybrid tumor that contains pathological characteristics of both neurofibroma and schwannoma has been described as a rare entity. We present the clinical, radiographic, and pathological findings of such a case.
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spelling pubmed-48521852016-05-06 Hybrid Neurofibroma-Schwannoma Hussain, Namath S Specht, Charles S Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth Glantz, Michael Harbaugh, Kimberly Cureus Pathology Neurofibromas and schwannomas are common lesions that may be idiopathic or may occur in association with neural crest genetic syndromes such as neurofibromatosis type 1, neurofibromatosis type 2, and schwannomatosis. A hybrid tumor that contains pathological characteristics of both neurofibroma and schwannoma has been described as a rare entity. We present the clinical, radiographic, and pathological findings of such a case. Cureus 2016-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4852185/ /pubmed/27158577 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.548 Text en Copyright © 2016, Hussain et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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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Hybrid Neurofibroma-Schwannoma
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title_short Hybrid Neurofibroma-Schwannoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158577
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.548
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