Mendis Balapuwaduge Ranjit Rigobert Nihal, Lombardi Tommaso, Tilakaratne Wanninayake Mudiyanselage
Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
J Investig Clin Dent. 2012 Feb;3(1):68-71. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-1626.2011.0086.x. Epub 2011 Aug 7.
Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy is an uncommon neoplasm that normally occurs in the anterior maxilla of children less than 1 year of age. This is a tumor with controversial origin, although neural crest origin is proposed. This case report presents an analysis of histopathological and immunohistochemical findings in this rare tumor.
婴儿黑色素性神经外胚层肿瘤是一种罕见的肿瘤,通常发生于1岁以下儿童的上颌前部。尽管有人提出其起源于神经嵴,但该肿瘤的起源仍存在争议。本病例报告对这种罕见肿瘤的组织病理学和免疫组化结果进行了分析。