Neurothekeoma palpebrae: a rare nerve sheath tumor arising in the eyelid.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of an eyelid neurothekeoma, a rare peripheral nerve sheath tumor.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
An excisional biopsy, performed on a lesion removed from the upper eyelid of a 76-year-old woman, revealed the clinical and histopathologic features of a neurothekeoma, a tumor consisting of multiple collections of spindle cells in a myxomatous background. Immunohistochemical characterization showed positivity for NK1/C3, neuron-specific enolase, and alcian blue.


CONCLUSIONS
Neurothekeoma palpebrae should be considered in the differential diagnosis of solitary nodules of the eyelids.
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Pacific ClearVision Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1 / Q000276:immunology
D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase