Affiliation:
1. From the Departments of Pathology (Drs Boyanton, Hicks, and Bhattacharjee) and Otolaryngology (Dr Jones), Baylor College of Medicine; Children's Ear, Nose, and Throat of Houston (Dr Jones); Department of Plastic Surgery, University General Hospital (Dr Shenaq); and Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital (Drs Hicks and Bhattacharjee), Houston. Dr Boyanton is now with the Department of
2. † Deceased
Abstract
Abstract
Context.—Intraneural perineurioma may be confused with other “onion bulb” Schwann cell entities (localized hypertrophic neuropathy, reactive/demyelinating processes, or inherited polyneuropathies of Charcot-Marie-Tooth/Dejerine Sottas) due to similar clinical, radiologic, and histologic features. Perineurial and Schwann cells can only be differentiated by ultrastructure and immunohistochemsitry.
Objective.—To identify and summarize the clinicopathologic features of true cases of intraneural perineurioma from the English language literature.
Data Sources.—A systematic review was performed on definitive intraneural perineuriomas identified through Medline. Baylor College of Medicine–affiliated hospitals' anatomic pathology databases yielded 2 illustrative intraneural perineurioma cases.
Study Selection.—Intraneural perineurioma inclusion criteria consisted of characteristic histology and confirmation of perineurial cell lineage by either immunohistochemistry (epithelial membrane antigen positive, S100 protein negative) and/or ultrastructural analysis (thin cytoplasmic processes with an incomplete basal lamina, poorly formed tight junctions, and pinocytotic vesicles).
Data Extraction.—Clinicopathologic data were extracted from all identified articles, with subsequent statistical analysis of the following parameters: age, sex, race, tumor location, tumor size, duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis, treatment modalities and outcomes measures, follow-up assessment for tumor recurrence and metastasis, clinical features (history of trauma, motor/sensory abnormalities, clinical/family history), and diagnostic workup (routine histology, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructural analysis, and molecular/cytogenetic characteristics).
Conclusions.—Intraneural perineurioma is a neoplastic proliferation of perineurial cells with unique immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural features, and it is distinct from other onion bulb Schwann cell–derived entities. Despite harboring molecular abnormalities of the long arm of chromosome 22, intraneural perineurioma has not been associated with neurofibromatosis. Intraneural perineurioma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that does not recur or metastasize.
Publisher
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject
Medical Laboratory Technology,General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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