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Case Number : Case 1194 - 20th January Posted By: Guest

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20 year old woman with papule on nose of about 6 month duration. Clinical dx: r/o IDN.

Case posted by Dr Uma Sundram
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IgorSC
Agree with cellular neurothekeoma with frequent myxoid foci.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Neurothekoma (nerve sheath myxoma)

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Guest Romualdo

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Mona, neurothekeomas and nerve sheath myxomas are distinct neoplasms. While the predilect site of occurrence of neurothekeomas is the head and neck region, especially the nose and face, and they are uncommon in the hands, the opposite is true in relation to nerve sheath myxomas: they are most common in distal extremities, especially the fingers, and are rare in the head. Neurothekeomas are positive for MITF, CD63 and CD10, and negative for S100. Nerve sheath myxomas are positive for S100 and GFAP.

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Further to Romualdo's comment, I think it's best not to use the term "neurothekeoma" without a preceding adjective. [i]Cellular[/i] neurothekeoma (with or without myxoid stroma) is fibroblastic/fibrohistiocytic. [i]Myxoid [/i]neurothekeoma (dermal nerve sheath myxoma) is neurilemmal. The two can be easily separated by IHC.

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Uma Sundram

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You all are spot on with differential diagnoses! Attached is my image of NKI/C3:

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Uma Sundram

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[img]https://dermpathpro.com/uploads/spot_diagnosis_comment_img/Case_1194_Watermarked_SD-US-030-F4.jpg[/img]

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Uma Sundram

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Given positivity of NKI/C3 and negativity of S100, and clinical location, I went with cellular neurothekeoma.

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Nice case
Thanks Romualdo and Abdul Kadir :-))

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