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Published in: Head & Face Medicine 1/2007

Open Access 01-12-2007 | Case report

Scar-like lesion on dorsal nose (cellular neurothekeoma)

Authors: Larissa Dorina López-Cepeda, Gisela Navarrete-Franco, Josefa Novales-Santacoloma, Julio Enriquez-Merino

Published in: Head & Face Medicine | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Neurothekeomas are tumors of neural differentiation and of unknown origin that occur in females at the 2nd and 3rd decades of life. They usually affect the face with an unspecific clinical aspect. The histological features include cellular or mixoid differentiation and immunohistochemistry can be positive for protein s-100, vimentin and epithelilal membrane antigen (EMA).
This case report presents a 13-year-old female patient with nasal neurothekeoma of cellular variety and strongly positive for vimentin and s-100; and negative for EMA.
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Metadata
Title
Scar-like lesion on dorsal nose (cellular neurothekeoma)
Authors
Larissa Dorina López-Cepeda
Gisela Navarrete-Franco
Josefa Novales-Santacoloma
Julio Enriquez-Merino
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Head & Face Medicine / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1746-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-3-39

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