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*[[Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans]] (DFSP) - S-100 -ve, CD34 +ve. | *[[Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans]] (DFSP) - S-100 -ve, CD34 +ve. | ||
*[[Ganglioneuroma]]. | *[[Ganglioneuroma]]. | ||
*Neurotized melanocytic nevus - | *Neurotized [[melanocytic nevus]] - melanocyte nests make the diagnosis, otherwise immunostains are needed to differentiate.<ref name=pmid693815>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gray | first1 = MH. | last2 = Smoller | first2 = BR. | last3 = McNutt | first3 = NS. | last4 = Hsu | first4 = A. | title = Neurofibromas and neurotized melanocytic nevi are immunohistochemically distinct neoplasms. | journal = Am J Dermatopathol | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 234-41 | month = Jun | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 1693815 }}</ref> | ||
**Usually have more [[mast cell]]s than neurofibromas.<ref name=pmid8432898>{{Cite journal | last1 = Carr | first1 = NJ. | last2 = Warren | first2 = AY. | title = Mast cell numbers in melanocytic naevi and cutaneous neurofibromas. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 46 | issue = 1 | pages = 86-7 | month = Jan | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8432898 }}</ref> | |||
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