Melanotic nonpsammomatous trigeminal schwannoma as the first manifestation of Carney complex: case report.

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OBJECTIVE: Melanotic schwannoma is a rare neoplasm, classifiable as a peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and differentiated from a typical schwannoma by heavy pigmentation. Psammoma bodies can be visualized in more than 50% of melanotic schwannomas. Half of patients with such "psammomatous melanotic schwannomas" have Carney complex, a dominantly transmitted autosomal disorder. Most recently, the tumor suppressor...

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