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. 2021 Dec 28;14(2):9327.
doi: 10.4081/dr.2022.9327. eCollection 2022 Jun 16.

Atypical cellular neurothekeoma: Report of a case

Gioia Pedroni  1 , Alessia Paganelli  1   2 , Sara Bassoli  1 , Heinz Kutzner  3 , Anna Maria Cesinaro  4 , Cristina Magnoni  1
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Atypical cellular neurothekeoma: Report of a case

Gioia Pedroni et al. Dermatol Reports. .
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Keywords: Atypical cellular neurothekeoma; Immunohistochemistry; Neurothekeoma; Rare diseases; Soft tissue tumor.

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Conflict of interest: The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Pathology specimens showing a non-capsulated neoplastic proliferation with medium-large size cells with both nodular and plexiform growth patterns and clear edges, mainly located in the dermis (A: H&E 40x; B: H&E 100x). Nuclear pleomorphism and atypical mitotic figures (red arrow) were also present (C: H&E 200x). Immunoreactivity for NKI-C3 (panel D).
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