Neurofibroma, schwannoma or a hybrid tumor of the peripheral nerve sheath?

Vol. 46 No. 2, 2005

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Elena Doina Murarescu, Luminita Ivan, Maria Sultana Mihailovici

Classically, the different subtypes of the peripheral nerve sheets tumors display typical morphological features, which differentiate them from the other nervous tumors. Either schwannoma or neurofibromma have characteristic histological and immunohistochemical features. We present a case of peripheral nerve sheets hybrid tumor, which have had histological and immunohistochemical features of neurofibroma and schwannoma.

Corresponding author: Elena Doina Murarescu, MD, PhD, e-mail: doinamurarescu@yahoo.com

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