title: [Malignant schwannoma of the glans penis].
abstract: A 58-year-old man presented with a solitary, asymptomatic, firm nodular lesion on his glans. A simple excision was carried out. Follow-up for 1 year failed to reveal either recurrence or metastases. Histologically, there was intradermal proliferation of atypical oval and spindle-shaped cells arranged in fascicles simulating the pattern of neural tumours. Mitotic figures were abundant. Stains for melanin, HMB-45 antigen were negative. Immunohistochemically, tumour cells stained for S-100 protein and vimentin. Malignant schwannoma usually occurs in patients with neurofibromatosis and is located in the subcutaneous tissues. Solitary malignant schwannoma of superficial soft tissue is a rare entity, and there are problems of differential diagnosis against other spindle cell tumours, especially malignant spindle cell melanoma. Their appearance on the glans is rare.
authors.affiliation: Hautklinik, Universität, Turin, Italien.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aloi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mödl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Solaroli
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor