Intratumoral fat in neurofibroma

Am J Dermatopathol. 2002 Aug;24(4):326-9. doi: 10.1097/00000372-200208000-00008.

Abstract

Three cases of a solitary neurofibroma showing focal fatty changes are reported. Fatty changes in a neurofibroma are rarely observed and have not been reported, and also, the pathogenesis of neurofibroma has not been clarified. We postulate that the fatty changes in a neurofibroma may be the result of so-called senescent change or chronic injury. The origin of adipose cells may be attributable to fatty infiltration from abutting tissues or to a metaplasia of tumor cells or resident fibroblasts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / chemistry
  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurofibroma / chemistry
  • Neurofibroma / etiology
  • Neurofibroma / pathology*
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Skin Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Skin Neoplasms / etiology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • S100 Proteins