Dermal schwannoma (neurilemmoma): a peculiar foreign body reaction?
Schwannoma is usually a subcutaneous benign neoplasm that derives from nerve sheath. Pain and neurologic symptoms are uncommon, and exclusively dermal tumors are very rare. Solitary schwannoma has a traumatic origin in some cases, and rarely occur as a part of neurofibromatosis or schwannomatosis. An association of deeply located schwannoma with foreign material has been reported in very few cases. To our knowledge, we present the first case of a painful dermal schwannoma in association to foreign material.
Kneitz
Hermann
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Departments of Dermatology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Germany.
Weyandt
Gerhard
G
Meissner
Christoph
C
Gebhart
Edith
E
Bröcker
Eva B
EB
D002482:Cellulose / Q000009:adverse effects; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*
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