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Tactile corpuscle-like structures in a case of plexiform neurofibromatosis

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Tactile corpuscle-like structures were identified in a plexiform neurofibroma, which was localized on the right cranial hemisphere of a 16-year-old boy and had necessitated repeated surgery. These structures were studied by light and electron microscopy. The origin of their component cells is, however, still controversial. We believe to have accumulated sufficient evidence for a Schwann cell origin of these cells.

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Tastkörperähnliche Strukturen wurden in einem plexiformen Neurofibrom aufgefunden. Dieser Tumor war an der rechten kranialen Hemisphäre eines 16 Jahre alten Jungen lokalisiert und erforderte wiederholte operative Eingriffe. Die tastkörperähnlichen Strukturen wurden mit licht- und elektronenmikroskopischer Technik untersucht. Die Meinung über die Herkunft dieser Strukturen ist noch kontrovers. Die Autoren glauben, daß sie genügend Hinweise dafür gefunden haben, daß sie von Schwannschen Zellen abzuleiten sind.

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  1. Department of Dermatology II, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria

    W. Jurecka

  2. Department of Micromorphology and Electron Microscopy, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria

    W. Jurecka

  3. Neurologic Institute, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria

    H. Lassmann & G. Lassmann

  4. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Vienna Medical School (Chairman: Prof. Dr. S. Wunderer), Alserstraße 4, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    H. Matras, G. Watzek & K. Hollmann

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Jurecka, W., Lassmann, H., Lassmann, G. et al. Tactile corpuscle-like structures in a case of plexiform neurofibromatosis. Arch. Dermatol. Res. 266, 43–50 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00412861

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