Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma as a component of Carney complex

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...

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Main Authors: Salapathi Shanmugam, Mitra Ghosh, Sadiya Niamathullah, Siddhartha Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2015;volume=58;issue=3;spage=368;epage=370;aulast=Shanmugam