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Article: There are different kinds of cutaneous perineuromas, but few are malignant.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- August 19, 2003
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2003 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There are different kinds of cutaneous perineuromas, but few are the malignant kind.
"Perineuriomas, composed almost exclusively of EMA (epithelial membrane antigen) positive cells, represent a rare and distinct entity in the spectrum of nerve sheath tumors. At present, 3 subtypes including intraneural and extraneural perineurioma as well as sclerosing perineurioma, can be distinguished; atypical and malignant perineuriomas are extremely uncommon. We analyzed the clinicopathological and immunohistochemcial features of 13 cases of cutaneous perineurioma," T. Mentzel, Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, reports.
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