plexiform neurofibroma
Histologic Features
- A background of neurofibromatous tissue with its loose fibrillar stroma and wavy nuclei
- Large well-circumscribed tortuous nerves consisting of more cellular neural tissue with the same components of wavy and comma-shaped nuclei, fibrillar collagen and mucinous stroma
- Prominent vasculature
- Extension into deep subcutis
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