Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma: An Unusual Presentation

Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN) is a distinctive benign neural tumor, which usually presents as a solitary skin-colored papule or a nodule. It is a benign lesion and may clinically mimic a cutaneous neurofibroma, melanocytic nevi, or cutaneous schwannoma. Here we report a rare case of multifoca...

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Autores principales: Batra, Jaskaran, Ramesh, V., Molpariya, Anupama, Maan, Khushpreet K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30050817
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_354_17
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Ramesh, V.
Molpariya, Anupama
Maan, Khushpreet K.
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description Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN) is a distinctive benign neural tumor, which usually presents as a solitary skin-colored papule or a nodule. It is a benign lesion and may clinically mimic a cutaneous neurofibroma, melanocytic nevi, or cutaneous schwannoma. Here we report a rare case of multifocal cutaneous PENs and its differentiation from cutaneous schwannomas, which is possible by histopathology.
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spelling pubmed-60421832018-07-26 Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma: An Unusual Presentation Batra, Jaskaran Ramesh, V. Molpariya, Anupama Maan, Khushpreet K. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN) is a distinctive benign neural tumor, which usually presents as a solitary skin-colored papule or a nodule. It is a benign lesion and may clinically mimic a cutaneous neurofibroma, melanocytic nevi, or cutaneous schwannoma. Here we report a rare case of multifocal cutaneous PENs and its differentiation from cutaneous schwannomas, which is possible by histopathology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6042183/ /pubmed/30050817 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_354_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30050817
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_354_17
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