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Neurothekeoma of the Foot: A Rare Benign Tumour in a Rare Location

Ravisankar Palaniappan, Bhuvaneswari Gnanasekar, Arounkumar. N N, Gowripriya. G, Padma Priya C

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New Indian Journal of Surgery 16(3):p 127-130, July-September 2025. | DOI: 10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.16325.5

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Palaniappan R, Gnanasekar B, Arounkumar N. Neurothekeoma of the Foot: A Rare Benign Tumour in a rare Location. New Indian J Surg. 2025;16(3):127-130.

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Received : June 04, 2025         Accepted : July 11, 2025          Published : September 27, 2025

Abstract

Neurothekeomas are a rare, benign superficial cutaneous tumours of the head and neck region, occurs commonly in females, usually in second decades of life. A 19-year-old man presented with a painless swelling in the left foot and had a previous history of excision done on the same site. MRI demonstrated the lesion extending into the subcutaneous layer, without involvement of the fascia. The patient underwent wide local excision and reverse medial plantar artery flap cover. The presence of epithelioid tumour cell nests exhibiting characteristic cytological features, regardless of their focal distribution, serves as a diagnostic indicator. Complete surgical excision is the standard of care and has an excellent prognosis, with recurrence rates remaining exceedingly low. The diagnosis is challenging due to the wide range of clinically and histologically similar tumours.

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Palaniappan R, Gnanasekar B, Arounkumar N. Neurothekeoma of the Foot: A Rare Benign Tumour in a rare Location. New Indian J Surg. 2025;16(3):127-130.

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Received Accepted Published
June 04, 2025 July 11, 2025 September 27, 2025
DOI: 10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.16325.5

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NeurothekeomaBenign cutaneous tumourSkin neoplasmNerve sheath tumours

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Received June 04, 2025
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