title: Myxoid neurothekeoma: a rare soft tissue tumor of hand in a male toddler.
abstract: Neurothekeomas are rare benign neoplasms, typically occurring in young patients with a remarkable predilection for the female population. Patients usually present with a small nodule in different anatomical sites, commonly involving the face and the upper limb. We report a case of a three-year-old boy, who presented with a nontender nodule on the left thumb. Surgical biopsy and immunostaining confirmed the diagnosis as myxoid neurothekeoma. The rarity of this unusual skin tumor in a toddler prompted the following report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Kafil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: Sufian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaheer
authors.forename: Prasenjit Sen
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Rana K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sherwani
keywords: Neurothekeoma; soft tissue tumor; toddler
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