Soft tissue
Peripheral nerve
Other benign
Schwannoma-cellular
Author: Vijay Shankar, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 November 2012
Minor changes: 9 September 2020
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PubMed Search: Cellular schwannoma [title]
Cite this page: Shankar V. Schwannoma-cellular. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueschwannomacellular.html. Accessed May 16th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Primarily Antoni A areas without Verocay bodies; usually in retroperitoneum, pelvis, mediastinum
- May have nuclear atypia and focal necrosis
- 0 - 3 mitotic figures / 10HPF; 5% recur, no metastases
Case reports
- 27 year old woman with paraspinous mass (Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2003;61:1035)
- 41 year old man with presacral tumor (Can J Surg 2002;45:141)
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
Cellular type
