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Anterior High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography in the Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
Published on: August 9, 2024
Scar-like lesion on dorsal nose (cellular neurothekeoma)
Larissa Dorina López-Cepeda1, Gisela Navarrete-Franco, Josefa Novales-Santacoloma
1Consultation, Centro Dermatológico Dr, Ladislao de la Pascua, Mexico city, Mexico. larisslo@yahoo.com.mx
Abstract:
Neurothekeomas are tumors of neural differentiation and of unknown origin that occur in females at the 2nd and 3rd decades of life. They usually affect the face with an unspecific clinical aspect. The histological features include cellular or mixoid differentiation and immunohistochemistry can be positive for protein s-100, vimentin and epithelilal membrane antigen (EMA). This case report presents a 13-year-old female patient with nasal neurothekeoma of cellular variety and strongly positive for vimentin and s-100; and negative for EMA.
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