[Melanocytic schwannoma: a rare tumor originating in the neural crest. Apropos a case associated with Horner's syndrome].
Schwann cells tumors, producing melanin, are extremely rare and pose difficult problems for its differential diagnoses from melanomas, which are tumors with different prognostic and treatment. In this paper a new case is described, which debuts as Claude-Bernard-Horner syndrome being diagnosed with the help of Immunohistochemistry and Electronic Microscopy.
Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
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Fogué Calvo
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009432:Neural Crest; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*
Schwanoma melanocítico: un tumor raro originado en la cresta neural. A propósito de un caso asociado a síndrome de Horner.