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Psammomatous melanotic schwannomas

MedGen UID:
370692
•Concept ID:
C1969548
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Finding

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CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPsammomatous melanotic schwannomas

Professional guidelines

PubMed

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Carney complex: clinical and genetic update 20 years after the identification of the CNC1 (PRKAR1A) gene.
Bouys L, Bertherat J
Eur J Endocrinol 2021 Mar;184(3):R99-R109. doi: 10.1530/EJE-20-1120. PMID: 33444222

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dorsal dumb-bell melanotic schwannoma operated on by posterior and anterior approach: case report and a review of the literature.
De Cerchio L, Contratti F, Fraioli MF
Eur Spine J 2006 Oct;15 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):664-9. Epub 2006 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-0205-x. PMID: 16947016Free PMC Article
Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma. A new cutaneous marker for Carney's complex.
Utiger CA, Headington JT
Arch Dermatol 1993 Feb;129(2):202-4. doi: 10.1001/archderm.129.2.202. PMID: 8434979
Myxoid fibroadenoma and allied conditions (myxomatosis) of the breast. A heritable disorder with special associations including cardiac and cutaneous myxomas.
Carney JA, Toorkey BC
Am J Surg Pathol 1991 Aug;15(8):713-21. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199108000-00001. PMID: 2069209

Diagnosis

Fine-needle aspiration cytologic diagnosis of metastatic melanotic schwannoma: familial case of a mother and daughter with Carney's complex and literature review.
Mosunjac MB, Johnston EI, Mosunjac MI
Diagn Cytopathol 2007 Feb;35(2):130-4. doi: 10.1002/dc.20593. PMID: 17230569
Melanotic nonpsammomatous trigeminal schwannoma as the first manifestation of Carney complex: case report.
Carrasco CA, Rojas-Salazar D, Chiorino R, Venega JC, Wohllk N
Neurosurgery 2006 Dec;59(6):E1334-5; discussion E1335. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000245608.07570.D2. PMID: 17277668
Dorsal dumb-bell melanotic schwannoma operated on by posterior and anterior approach: case report and a review of the literature.
De Cerchio L, Contratti F, Fraioli MF
Eur Spine J 2006 Oct;15 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):664-9. Epub 2006 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-0205-x. PMID: 16947016Free PMC Article
Evaluation and management of Carney's complex: an illustrative case.
Wallace TM, Levin HS, Ratliff NB, Hobbs RE
Cleve Clin J Med 1991 May-Jun;58(3):248-50, 255-6. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.58.3.248. PMID: 1893556

Prognosis

Dorsal dumb-bell melanotic schwannoma operated on by posterior and anterior approach: case report and a review of the literature.
De Cerchio L, Contratti F, Fraioli MF
Eur Spine J 2006 Oct;15 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):664-9. Epub 2006 Sep 1 doi: 10.1007/s00586-006-0205-x. PMID: 16947016Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Sporadic superficial angiomyxomas demonstrate loss of PRKAR1A expression.
Hafeez F, Krakowski AC, Lian CG, Nazarian RM, Maleszewski JJ
Histopathology 2022 May;80(6):1001-1003. Epub 2022 Mar 17 doi: 10.1111/his.14568. PMID: 34532875
Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma. A new cutaneous marker for Carney's complex.
Utiger CA, Headington JT
Arch Dermatol 1993 Feb;129(2):202-4. doi: 10.1001/archderm.129.2.202. PMID: 8434979

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