title: Neurofibroma with psammoma bodies.
abstract: Neurofibromas are benign tumours of the nerve sheath. Histologically they vary depending on their contents of cells, myxoid stroma and collagen. A 41-year old male with radicular pain had a tumour involving the posterior chest wall. Microscopically it resulted to be a neurofibroma with abundant psammoma bodies. Although these bodies are very frequent in some neoplasias, to our knowledge they have not been described in neurofibromas to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Kilmurray
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz Esponera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium