Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma as a component of Carney complex

• Main Authors: Salapathi Shanmugam (Author), Mitra Ghosh (Author), Sadiya Niamathullah (Author), Siddhartha Ghosh (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Melanotic schwannoma is a rare form of pigmented neural tumor commonly arising from the posterior spinal nerves and ganglia. Two variants have been described, psammomatous and nonpsammomatous. 50% of psammomatous tumors are associated with Carney complex. The biologic behavior of the tumor is diffic...