title: Neurothekeoma in childhood: a benign tumor mimicking malignant disease.
abstract: Neurothekeoma (NT) sometimes extends to subcutaneous adipose tissue, skeletal muscle or epidermis, and thus may imitate some malignant situations. A 17-year-old female patient was admitted to another medical center with a swelling at her waistline. Plexiform fibrous histiocytoma was diagnosed, and she was referred to our clinic. Total re-excision was performed. The new pathology report indicated features of atypical NT. A case of atypical NT, which can be misdiagnosed as a malignant mesenchymal tumor, is discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Doğan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uğraş
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Harmankaya
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ciftçi
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Köksal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*