[Histology and clinical aspects of cutaneous neurinomas]

27 year old male patient suffered for four years from multiple cutaneous and subcutaneous neurilemmomas of the right lower leg. The patient showed no symptoms of neurofibromatosis von Recklinghausen. The small tumors attained a size not greater than 1.5--2 cm in diameter. On pressure and sometimes spontaneously they proved to be painful. Histologically, the tumors are composed of two parts, the more solid portion (Antoni A tissue) and the loose, cystic portion (Antoni B tissue).