Cellular Neurothekeoma of the Upper Lip in an Infant

Hsin-Yen Pan, Sheng-Hong Tseng, Chia-Chi Weng, Yun Chen
2014 Pediatrics and Neonatology  
Cellular neurothekeoma is an uncommon benign skin neoplasm and also a variant of neurothekeoma. Cellular neurothekeomas usually occur in the skin of the upper trunk, head, or neck of children and young adults; however, they rarely occur in infants or involve the lip. A 6-monthold male infant was incidentally found to have a tumor in the upper lip. The tumor was elastic, nontender, and movable, and the overlying mucosa and skin were normal without discoloration. The tumor was excised from the
more » ... osal side of the upper lip, and a pathological examination revealed cellular neurothekeoma. Cellular neurothekeoma in the lip of an infant without overlying skin discoloration might delay the diagnosis and lead to wrong preoperative diagnosis. No similar case has been reported in the literature.
doi:10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.12.004 pmid:23597544 fatcat:j326givhzvdnlh3yc4t7oas7ca