| Autor: |
Serrano Falcón C; Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, University of Granada, Spain., Serrano Falcón Mdel M, Ruiz Villaverde R, Linares Solano J, Serrano Ortega S |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Dermatology online journal [Dermatol Online J] 2005 Aug 01; Vol. 11 (2), pp. 24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Aug 01. |
| Abstrakt: |
Traumatic or amputation neuromas are benign tumours formed by a proliferation of Schwann cells, axons and connective tissue elements. They are secondary to the partial or total section of a nerve pathway due to an accidental or surgical trauma. They can form at any site and affect any type of nerve. The presence of amputation neuromas is very frequent in major surgery but rare in simple excisions of skin tumours. We report two cases with neuroma localized in the neck, one after lymph node dissection for melanoma metastasis and the other after excision of a cutaneous melanoma with 3-cm margin on lateral neck. In both cases, the presence of the neuroma mandated a surgical excision to rule out a possible recurrence of melanoma. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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