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  • Title: [Neurofibroma with mucus-producing glands. Report of a case and literature review].
    Author: Cuesta T, Estupiñán B, Salazar S, Carballosa E.
    Journal: Rev Neurol; ; 28(3):245-7. PubMed ID: 10714288.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Most tumors of peripheral nerve sheaths containing glands are malignant tumors associated with Von Recklinghausen's disease. CLINICAL CASE: A 39 year old man consulted with a tumour on a finger of the right hand, which was not painful, and was slow growing. There was no past history of neurofibromatosis. Histological study showed a tumour of the peripheral nerve sheath, a benign type of neurofibroma containing glands. Immunohistochemical techniques confirmed that it had the stroma of a Schwannoma with well-defined glandular epithelial elements. CONCLUSIONS: A neurofibroma with glands is considered to be a rare type of divergent differentiation, and of considerable interest to pathologists, since it must be differentiated from other tumoral lesions. Immunohistochemical study is very useful for this.
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