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*Abbreviated ''PEN''.
*Abbreviated ''PEN''.
*[[AKA]] ''palisaded and encapsulated neuroma''.
*[[AKA]] ''palisaded and encapsulated neuroma''.
*[[AKA]] ''solitary circumscribed neuroma''.
===General===
===General===
*Flesh-colour [[papule]] - classically on the face.<ref name=Ref_Derm536>{{Ref Derm|536}}</ref>
*Flesh-colour [[papule]] - classically on the face.<ref name=Ref_Derm536>{{Ref Derm|536}}</ref>
*Isolated finding - not associated with a systemic disease or malignancy.<ref name=pmid18718196>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Newman | first1 = MD. | last2 = Milgraum | first2 = S. | title = Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN): an often misdiagnosed neural tumor. | journal = Dermatol Online J | volume = 14 | issue = 7 | pages = 12 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18718196 }}</ref>
*Isolated finding - not associated with a systemic disease or malignancy.<ref name=pmid18718196>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Newman | first1 = MD. | last2 = Milgraum | first2 = S. | title = Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN): an often misdiagnosed neural tumor. | journal = Dermatol Online J | volume = 14 | issue = 7 | pages = 12 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18718196 }}</ref>
*Superficial skin.<ref>S. Sade. 8 September 2011.</ref>
*Superficial skin papule.<ref>S. Sade. 8 September 2011.</ref>
*It is considered hyperplastic rather than neoplastic. <ref>Rosai & Ackermann, Surgical Pathology, 10th ed. p183</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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**#Not vacuolated.
**#Not vacuolated.
**#Nuclei have pointy ends.
**#Nuclei have pointy ends.
**#Sometimes epitheloid appearance.
*Intralesional clefts.
*Intralesional clefts.
**Useful to differentiate from schwannoma.
**Useful to differentiate from schwannoma.
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Images:
Images:
*[http://dermatology.cdlib.org/147/case_presentation/pen/2.jpg PEN (cdlib.org)].<ref name=pmid18718196>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Newman | first1 = MD. | last2 = Milgraum | first2 = S. | title = Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN): an often misdiagnosed neural tumor. | journal = Dermatol Online J | volume = 14 | issue = 7 | pages = 12 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18718196 }}</ref>
*[http://dermatology.cdlib.org/147/case_presentation/pen/2.jpg PEN (cdlib.org)].<ref name=pmid18718196>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Newman | first1 = MD. | last2 = Milgraum | first2 = S. | title = Palisaded encapsulated neuroma (PEN): an often misdiagnosed neural tumor. | journal = Dermatol Online J | volume = 14 | issue = 7 | pages = 12 | month =  | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18718196 }}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Palisaded_and_Encapsulated_Neuroma_(3952635881).jpg | Palisaded and encapsulated neuroma (Ed Uthman)
File:Palisaded_and_Encapsulated_Neuroma,_S-100_Immunostain_(3953412396).jpg| PEN, S-100 staining (Ed Uthman)
</gallery>


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