Nerve sheath myxoma (neurothekeoma) in the tongue of a newborn.
Nerve sheath myxoma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that rarely occurs in the oral cavity; experience with these lesions is therefore limited. The lesion described in this report appeared clinically as a gradually enlarging, painless growth arising on the tongue of a newborn girl. Microscopically, the lesion was characterized by nodules of spindle-shaped cells with abundant myxoid stroma. Immunohistochemical studies were consistent with a nerve sheath neoplasm.
Peñarrocha
M
M
Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain.
Bonet
J
J
Minguez
J M
JM
Vera
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F
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology*