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Psammomatous Melanotic Schwannoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis

Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma (PMS) is a rare pigmented tumor that can be part of the Carney complex. Here, we describe the case of a 35-year-old female patient presenting an isolated subcutaneous PMS. Histopathological analysis could not formally exclude the malignant nature of the tumor. The c...

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Main Authors: Rastine Merat (Author), Ildiko Szalay-Quinodoz (Author), Emmanuel Laffitte (Author), Gürkan Kaya (Author)
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Published: MDPI AG, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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