title: Melanotic schwannoma of the sympathetic ganglia: pathological and clinical characteristics.
abstract: Reports of melanin-producing tumors of Schwann cell origin are extremely rare. Reports of only 9 such tumors arising from sympathetic ganglia have been published previously. Two new cases of melanotic schwannoma of sympathetic ganglia are reported. The pathological and clinical characteristics of these unusual melanotic tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008543:Melanins / Q000032:analysis; D009336:Necrosis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins