Two Cases of Nerve Sheath Myxomas.
10.5021/ad.2000.12.3.215
- Author:
Sang Hee YOO
;
Young Gull KIM
;
Ai Young LEE
;
Jong Eun JOO
;
Tuk Woo LIM
;
Ji Young PARK
;
Nack In KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nerve sheath myxoma;
Cellular neurothekeoma
- MeSH:
Mucins;
Neurothekeoma*
- From:Annals of Dermatology
2000;12(3):215-217
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Nerve sheath myxoma(NSM) is a rare cutaneous neoplasm of uncertain histogenesis. NSM can be divided into two groups; NSM1 (a myxoid NSM) and NSM2 (a cellular neurothekeoma). NSMs are characterized histologically by well-defined, lobular or plexiform dermal proliferation of stellate, spindle-shaped cells embedded in abundant myxoid stroma. A variable amount of nerve fascicles are entrapped within and around the tumor. Two variants of NSM share the same features to a certain degree but differ in cellularity and mucin deposition. We report two cases of NSMs with different clinical and histopathologic features.
