[Dermal nerve sheath myxoma. (Neurothekeoma)]

Acta Med Port. 1992 Feb;5(2):97-9.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old male presented with a painful nodule on the interscapular area of 20 year duration. The microscopic examination showed a myxomatous lobulated tumor composed of dendritic fusiform cells with some epithelioid and multinucleated cells typical of a nerve sheath myxoma. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated reactivity for S100 protein. Neither factor XIIIa nor epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) expression was found in the tumor cells. These findings suggest a schwannian origin for this tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxoma / pathology*
  • Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*