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Rosetoid schwannoma (neuroblastoma‐like) in association with an anetoderma
Author(s) -
Vélez Dolores,
Reina Duran Teresa,
PérezGala Silvia,
Fernández Javier Fraga
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00480.x
Subject(s) - schwannoma , medicine , neuroblastoma , pathology , biopsy , differential diagnosis , biology , genetics , cell culture
Background: We report an additional case of an extremely uncommon but distinctive histological variant of benign schwannoma, which was previously designated as neuroblastoma‐like schwannoma by Goldblum et al. Methods: A 29‐year‐old woman referred to a 6‐year‐history of an atrofic macule. Its clinical appearance was similar to that of an anetoderma. Results: A cutaneous biopsy showed findings consistent with a neuroblastoma‐like schwannoma with the following peculiar features: (i) Being fully composed of rosette‐like structures. (ii) Association to an anetoderma. Conclusions: Because neither the histological pattern nor the type of tumor allows a differential diagnosis with neuroblastoma, we propose the descriptive term of rosetoid schwannoma. And to our knowledge, this will be the first case reported of rosetoid schwannoma associated to anetoderma.