Deep-seated plexiform schwannoma: A pathologic study of 16 cases and comparative analysis with the superficial variety

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1042-1048

  Agaram, Narasimhan P ^a   Prakash, Sonam ^a   Antonescu, Cristina R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Plexiform; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MITOSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22944490568     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Barbosa J, Hansen LS. Solitary multilobular schwannoma of the oral cavity. J Oral Med. 1984;39:232-235.
2. Cokelaere K, Sciot R, Geboes K. Esophageal plexiform schwannoma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2000;8:353-357.
3. Fletcher CD, Davies SE. Benign plexiform (multinodular) schwannoma: a rare tumour unassociated with neurofibromatosis. Histopathology. 1986; 10:971-980.
4. Guarino M. Plexiform schwannoma. Immunohistochemistry of Schwann cell markers, intermediate filaments and extracellular matrix components. Pathol Res Pract. 1993;189:913-920.
5. Harkin J, Arrington JH, Reed RJ, et al. Benign plexiform schwannoma: a lesion distinct from plexiform neurofibroma [Abstract]. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 1978;37:622.
6. Heifetz SA, Sadove AM, Joyner ML, et al. Intraoral plexiform (multinodular) neurilemoma. Pediatr Pathol. 1991;11:457-465.
7. Hirose T, Scheithauer BW, Sano T. Giant plexiform schwannoma: a report of two cases with soft tissue and visceral involvement. Mod Pathol. 1997; 10:1075-1081.
8. Iida A, Imamura Y, Katayama K, et al. Plexiform schwannoma of the small intestine: report of a case. Surg Today. 2003;33:940-943.
9. Ishida T, Kuroda M, Motoi T, et al. Phenotypic diversity of neurofibromatosis 2: association with plexiform schwannoma. Histopathology. 1998;32:264-270.
10. Iwashita T, Enjoji M. Plexiform neurilemmoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 23 tumours from 20 patients. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol. 1987;411:305-309.
11. Joste NE, Racz MI, Montgomery KD, et al. Clonal chromosome abnormalities in a plexiform cellular schwannoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2004;150:73-77.
12. Kao GF, Laskin WB, Olsen TG. Solitary cutaneous plexiform neurilemmoma (schwannoma): a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of 11 cases. Mod Pathol. 1989;2:20-26.
13. Katsumi K, Ogose A, Hotta T, et al. Plexiform schwannoma of the forearm. Skeletal Radial. 2003;32:719-723.
14. Lim HS, Jung J, Chung KY. Neurofibromatosis type 2 with multiple plexiform schwannomas. Int J Dermatol. 2004;43:336-340.
15. Mannara GM, La Rosa FC, Marino F. Plexiform schwannoma of the cheek. J Laryngol Otol. 1999;113:1034-1035.
16. Megahed M. Plexiform schwannoma. Am J Dermatopathol. 1994;16: 288-293.
17. Meis-Kindblom JM, Enzinger FM. Plexiform malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of infancy and childhood. Am J Surg Pathol. 1994;18: 479-485.
18. Miettinen M, Shekitka KM, Sobin LH. Schwannomas in the colon and rectum: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 20 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2001;25:846-855.
19. Pinto RG, Mandreker S, Nadkarni N, et al. Plexiform (multinodular) schwannoma in a child: a rare variant of schwannoma. J Indian Med Assoc. 1995;93:318-327.
20. Posner MA, McMahon MS, Desai P. Plexiform schwannoma (neurilemmoma) associated with macrodactyly: a case report. J Hand Surg Am. 1996;21:707-710.
21. Santos LD, Currie BG, Killings-worth MC. Case report: plexiform schwannoma of the vulva. Pathology. 2001;33:526-531.
22. Shishiba T, Niimura M, Ohtsuka F, et al. Multiple cutaneous neurilemmomas as a skin manifestation of neurilemmomatosis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1984;10:744-754.
23. Terasaki K, Mera Y, Uchimiya H, et al. Plexiform schwannoma. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2003;28:372-374.
24. Val-Bernal JF, Figols J, Vazquez-Barquero A. Cutaneous plexiform schwannoma associated with neurofibromatosis type 2. Cancer. 1995;76: 1181-1186.
25. Woodruff JM, Marshall ML, Godwin TA, et al. Plexiform (multinodular) schwannoma: a tumor simulating the plexiform neurofibroma. Am J Surg Pathol. 1983;7:691-697.
26. Woodruff JM, Scheithauer BW, Kurtkaya-Yapicier O, et al. Congenital and childhood plexiform (multinodular) cellular schwannoma: a troublesome mimic of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003;27:1321-1329.