Article
Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia with multinucleated stromal giant cells is neither exceptional in gynecomastia nor characteristic of neurofibromatosis type 1.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2015
Pižem Jože, Velikonja Mojca, Matjašič Alenka, Jerše Maja, Glavač Damjan
Abstract excerpt
Six cases of gynecomastia with pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) and multinucleated stromal giant cells (MSGC) associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have been reported, and finding MSGC within PASH in gynecomastia has been suggested as being a characteristic of NF1. The frequency of PASH with MSGC in gynecomastia and its specificity for NF1 have not, however, been systematically studied. A...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Angiomatosis
- Breast Diseases
- Child
- Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1
- Giant Cells
- Gynecomastia
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
