Pacinian neurofibroma.
At rare intervals in the literature, reports have appeared of a skin tumour containing structures resembling Pacinian corpuscles. Four such tumours collected over the course of 20 years are described and the literature reviewed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000473:pathology*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology