Nerve sheath myxoma (NSM) is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that rarely occurs in the oral cavity. Among the 23 reported intraoral cases, no lesion has previously been reported on the gingiva. In this report, we describe the first gingival case of oral neurothekeoma with histopathologic and immunohistochemical characteristics. The patient, a 32 year old female presented with a slowly gr...

Nerve sheath myxoma (neurothekeoma) are rare benign nerve sheath tumors, usually arising in the skin of the head and neck region and upper extremities in young females. To the best of author's knowledge only two cases of intracranial neurothekeoma have been published in the English literature. These tumors were located in the parasellar area and in middle cranial fossa. This is ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether atrial myxomas express antigens suggesting a neural origin. DESIGN A retrospective analysis based on immunohistochemical examination of myxoma tissue. SETTING Atrial myxomas excised by two tertiary referral cardiothoracic surgical units. SUBJECTS 24 excised atrial myxomas. Three were from known cases of familial myxoma syndrome. METHODS Immunohistochemical...