Cellular neurothekeoma is a benign cutaneous neoplasm that typically occurs on the head, neck, and upper body of young adults with a slight female predominance. It is a rare lesion to diagnose and multiple neurothekeomas in one patient are even more uncommon finding. We present a case of multiple neurothekeomas in a middle-aged woman with lower extremity involvement and summarize the current literature on multiple neurothekeoma patients. A 46-year-old female presented with nearly one dozen skin-colored papules on the head, upper limb, and lower limb. The lesions were clinically diagnosed as dermatofibromas and a nevus. Eight lesions were biopsied and confirmed to be cellular neurothekeomas, with one initially misinterpreted on histology as a dermatofibroma. Awareness of cellular neurothekeoma as a diagnostic entity and the possibility of atypical presentations as seen in our case (eg, in multiple numbers, in older adults, and on the lower extremity) are important in allowing for accurate clinical and histological diagnosis of these lesions. The possibility of a syndromic association with multiple cellular neurothekeomas should be explored further.
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J Clin Pathol
January 2025
Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Sistema Nacional de Investigación, Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Panama City, Panama.
Atypical cellular neurothekeoma is a rare benign soft-tissue tumour that usually arises in the head and neck region, shoulder girdles, and proximal extremities, predominantly in young women. This dermal neoplasm is under-reported in the literature and is not uncommonly misdiagnosed as a malignant tumour due to its worrisome histologic characteristics. Currently, the diagnosis of cellular neurothekeoma relies on a panel of non-specific immunohistochemical markers and its etiopathogenesis is unknown.
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Cellular neurothekeoma (CN) is a benign dermal neoplasm that most often affects the head and neck region and rarely occurs in the oral mucosa. We report a rare case of CN with atypical features on the floor of the mouth and summarize the reported cases of oral CN in English-language literature. A 62-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of a painless mass on the floor of the mouth.
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