Nerve Sheath Myxoma of Scalp: A Rare Site of Presentation

Nerve sheath myxoma, a superficial myxoid tumor, was first described in 1969 by Harkin and Reed. Tumor has cytological and histological resemblance with neurothekeoma, another cutaneous myxoid lesion. Nerve sheath myxoma affects individuals of all age groups and equal predilection for both genders w...

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Autores principales: Yadav, Shakti Kumar, Singh, Sompal, Sarin, Namrata, Naeem, Roshina, Pruthi, Sonam Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6385516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820132
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_45_18
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author Yadav, Shakti Kumar
Singh, Sompal
Sarin, Namrata
Naeem, Roshina
Pruthi, Sonam Kumar
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description Nerve sheath myxoma, a superficial myxoid tumor, was first described in 1969 by Harkin and Reed. Tumor has cytological and histological resemblance with neurothekeoma, another cutaneous myxoid lesion. Nerve sheath myxoma affects individuals of all age groups and equal predilection for both genders with most favored sites being the fingers and knee. Here, we present a case report of nerve sheath myxoma of the scalp, diagnosed and confirmed with histopathology and immunohistochemistry.
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spelling pubmed-63855162019-02-28 Nerve Sheath Myxoma of Scalp: A Rare Site of Presentation Yadav, Shakti Kumar Singh, Sompal Sarin, Namrata Naeem, Roshina Pruthi, Sonam Kumar Int J Trichology Case Report Nerve sheath myxoma, a superficial myxoid tumor, was first described in 1969 by Harkin and Reed. Tumor has cytological and histological resemblance with neurothekeoma, another cutaneous myxoid lesion. Nerve sheath myxoma affects individuals of all age groups and equal predilection for both genders with most favored sites being the fingers and knee. Here, we present a case report of nerve sheath myxoma of the scalp, diagnosed and confirmed with histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6385516/ /pubmed/30820132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_45_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 International Journal of Trichology 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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Nerve Sheath Myxoma of Scalp: A Rare Site of Presentation
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