Cellular neurothekeoma in the arm of a child.
Soft tissue tumours of the limb in children are uncommon. We report a cellular neurothekeoma, which presented as a hard, irregular tumour in the upper arm of a 7-year-old child. The differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumours in the upper limbs of children is discussed.
Akhtar
S
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, UK. sohailakhtar001@yahoo.co.uk
Coldewey
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J
Timmons
M J
MJ
D001132:Arm; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*