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Nerve sheath myxoma of digital nerve
Author(s) -
Blumberg A. K.,
Kay S.,
Adelaar R. S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19890315)63:6<1215::aid-cncr2820630629>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - neurofibroma , medicine , nerve sheath , schwann cell , plexiform neurofibroma , anatomy , myxoma , pathology , digital nerve , perineurium , schwannoma , neurofibromatosis , peripheral nerve , radiology
A case of a dermal nerve sheath myxoma arising in a digital nerve is reported. Similar tumors and its variants have been termed neurothekeoma, pacinian neurofibroma, bizarre cutaneous neurofibroma, and plexiform neurofibroma. The perineural sheath or the Schwann cell have been presumed to be the cell of origin by several investigators. The positive reaction with antibody to S‐100 would appear to favor the Schwann cell as the progenitor of this tumor.