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. 2025 Apr 14;60(4):446-447.
doi: 10.5152/TurkArchPediatr.2025.24261.

Subcutaneous Pediatric Nasal Glial Heterotopia

Gabriele Gaggero  1 , Margherita Concardi  2 , Marco Pavanello  3 , Andrea Rossi  4 , Jacopo Ferro  1 , Valerio Gaetano Vellone  1
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Subcutaneous Pediatric Nasal Glial Heterotopia

Gabriele Gaggero et al. Turk Arch Pediatr. .
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Declaration of Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Axial T1-weighted MR image shows a smoothly marginated mass (arrow) at the root of the nasal pyramid, without any connection to the central nervous system; (B) macroscopy, showing a bulging mass but with an intact skin surface; (C) photomicrograph showing a dense fibrous dermal layer and revealing the presence, in the context of fibrosis, of neural/glial fascicles without significant cellular atypia and/or mitosis (H&E, magnification ×40); (D) immunohistochemistry showing clear positivity for GFAP, supporting the glial nature of the lesion and, together with other findings, the diagnosis of NGH (magnification ×20).
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