ISSN:
1437-9813
Keywords:
Nerve sheath myxoma
;
Vaccination
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A nerve-sheath myxoma beneath the dermis in the arm of a 5-year-old boy is reported. The tumor had developed on the site of chicken-pox vaccination the patient had received 2 years previously, and a foreign-body granuloma involving a nerve-fiber bundle was seen adjavent to the tumor. On the basis of previous reports, it is doubtful whether the varicella-zoster virus is tumorigenic. The present case suggests a possible relationship between the development of this tumor and factors associated with the vaccination.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00179466
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