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Solitary Neurofibroma with Malignant Transformation: Case Report and Review Of Literature.

Emilia Król, Hani El-Fanek, John Borruso

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Solitary neurofibromas are rare tumors associated mainly with neurofibromatosis and widely described in the literature as benign. We report a case of a 55-year-old female with no history of neurofibromatosis who presented with a slow-growing, painless lump on her torso. Pathologic evaluation of the lesion after excisional biopsy revealed high mitotic activity and increased cellularity within the lesion as well as positive S-100 stain. She was diagnosed with solitary subcutaneous neurofibroma with features of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor transformation. To our knowledge, no other case of a solitary neurofibroma that transformed into a malignant tumor in this location was described in the literature.

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Solitary neurofibromas are rare tumors associated mainly with neurofibromatosis and widely described in the literature as benign. We report a case of a 55-year-old female with no history of neurofibromatosis who presented with a slow-growing, painless lump on her torso. Pathologic evaluation of the lesion after excisional biopsy revealed high mitotic activity and increased cellularity within the lesion as well as positive S-100 stain. She was diagnosed with solitary subcutaneous neurofibroma with features of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor transformation. To our knowledge, no other case of a solitary neurofibroma that transformed into a malignant tumor in this location was described in the literature.

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Solitary neurofibromas are rare tumors associated mainly with neurofibromatosis and widely described in the literature as benign. We report a case of a 55-year-old female with no history of neurofibromatosis who presented with a slow-growing, painless lump on her torso. Pathologic evaluation of the lesion after excisional biopsy revealed high mitotic activity and increased cellularity within the lesion as well as positive S-100 stain. She was diagnosed with solitary subcutaneous neurofibroma with features of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor transformation. To our knowledge, no other case of a solitary neurofibroma that transformed into a malignant tumor in this location was described in the literature.

Key concepts: Neurofibroma, Neurofibromatosis, Malignant transformation, Medicine, Pathology, Lesion, Schwannoma, Neurofibromatosis type I

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