An Unusual Case of Cellular Neurothekeoma in a Child: Case Report and Brief Review of Literature

Eugénia Matos Pires; Rodrigo Carvalho; André Lencastre; Maria João Paiva Lopes

doi:10.29021/spdv.76.1.807

Eugénia Matos Pires Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, CHLC, Lisboa
Rodrigo Carvalho Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, CHLC, Lisboa
André Lencastre Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, CHLC, Lisboa
Maria João Paiva Lopes Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, CHLC, Lisboa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.76.1.807

Keywords: Child, Dermoscopy, Neurothekeoma

Abstract

Neurothekeoma is a rare benign neoplasm of uncertain histogenesis. Progresses in immunohistochemistry have brought new insights into its cellular differentiation and origin, recognizing the possibility of a fibrohystiocitic lineage. Also, it has been subclassified histopathologically as either myxoid, cellular, or mixed type, depending on the amount of myxoid matrix and on immunohistochemical analysis. Few cases of cellular neurothekeoma have been reported. Most of them are found on the head, neck and upper extremities and mostly in young female adults. On review of literature we have not found reports regarding dermoscopic features of neurothekeoma. Herein we report an uncommon case of cellular neurothekeoma on the axilla of a 7–year-old girl, with description of its dermoscopic findings.

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