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- Title
Cutaneous epithelioid melanocytic neurofibroma arising in a patient with neurofibromatosis-1.
- Authors
Novoa, Roberto A.; Kovarik, Carrie L.; Low, David W.; Argenyi, Zsolt
- Abstract
Tumors expressing both melanocytic and neural features can pose a diagnostic challenge to the dermatopathologist and provoke questions regarding their lineage. We report a case of a tumor arising on the right cheek of a 9-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). This neoplasm featured nests of non-pigmented epithelioid cells arising within a neurofibroma. The entire tumor stained strongly with S100, whereas the epithelioid population stained with MART-1, HMB-45 and MiTF. The neoplasm shows only scattered Ki-67 positivity. This tumor represents a neurofibroma with portions that have undergone melanocytic differentiation (melanocytic neurofibroma). This exceedingly rare tumor represents a distinct entity from neurotized melanocytic nevi, combined melanocytic nevi or pigmented neurofibromas and provides further evidence that melanocytes arise indirectly from ventromedial neural crest-derived Schwann cell precursors.
- Subjects
NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; MELANOCYTES; TUMORS; CELL differentiation; EPITHELIAL cells; SCHWANN cells
- Publication
Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 5, p457
- ISSN
0303-6987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cup.12297