Intraneural neurothekeoma: case report

Neurosurgery. 1995 Aug;37(2):333-4; discussion 334-5. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199508000-00022.

Abstract

Neurothekeomas are rare, benign cutaneous tumors, with a distinctive histological appearance, that seldom have been documented to arise from identifiable medium- or large-caliber peripheral nerves. We report a neurothekeoma of the left posterior tibial nerve, whose gross histological appearance and strong immunostaining for S-100 in the majority of the tumor corroborates the impression that this tumor is a variant of a schwannoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neurothekeoma / pathology
  • Neurothekeoma / surgery*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery*
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Tibial Nerve / pathology
  • Tibial Nerve / surgery*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • S100 Proteins