title: [Cellular neurothekeoma of the bulbar conjunctiva. A case report].
abstract: METHODS
  Cellular neurothekeoma is a distinctive subtype of neurothekeoma with an undetermined histopathogenesis. We report a very rare case of bulbar conjunctiva cellular neurothekeoma in a 23-year-old woman.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neurothekeoma or nerve sheath myxoma is a rare benign tumor, which arises during childhood, and early adult life. It mainly locates in the upper portion of the body (head, neck and upper limbs). As far as we know, this is the first case report of cellular neurothekeoma in this location. Excisional biopsy is necessary to make the differential diagnosis from other cystic and malignant pathologies of the conjunctiva.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital General de Móstoles, Madrid.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toledano Fernández
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García Sáenz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varona Crespo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marzabeitia Arambarri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arteaga Sánchez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Díaz Valle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000473:pathology*