Hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma of the orbit.

Hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma is a rare variant of hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumours (HPNST). A Medline search up to December 2021 identified only six cases of this tumour in the orbit. We report the case of a 78-year-old man who presented with left exophthalmos. Computed tomography showed a left intraconal orbital mass. The clinico-radiological diagnosis was consistent with an intraconal cavernous angioma. Orbitotomy was performed, obtaining an 18×16×11mm mass. Two different morphologies were seen microscopically, diagnostic of hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma. HPNSTs of the orbit are uncommon and most reported cases showed a hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma morphology. Hybrid neurofibroma/schwannomas have been associated with neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis. Local recurrences have been reported. The correct identification of these tumours is important due to their potential use as a syndromic marker.

Anomalía de Pelger Hüet: a propósito de un caso / Pelger-Hüet anomaly: apropos of a case

La anomalía de Pelger Hüet fue descrita inicialmente en 1928 por el médico holandés Pelger y su origen genético fue descubierto más tarde por el pediatra Hüet. Se transmite con un carácter autosómico dominante y consiste en una mutación del gen que codifica el receptor de la lámina B. A partir de esta mutación se producen alteraciones en el núcleo de los leucocitos, fundamentalmente en los neutrófilos, con afectación de la segmentación nuclear y trastornos en la cromatina. Presentamos a un paciente que fue ingresado en el hospital por una mordedura de animal y se describió en la lámina periférica la presencia de neutrófilos hipolobulados. El carácter familiar se confirmó por el hallazgo de esta alteración en la madre del paciente.

The Pelger-Hüet anomaly was described firstly in 1928 by the Holland physician Pelger and its genetic origin was discovered later by the pediatrician Hüet. It is transmitted with a dominant autosomal character and it is a mutation of the gene codifying the plate B receptor. Beginning from this mutation, the alteration of white cells core took place, mainly in neutrophils, with affectations of the nuclear segmentation and chromatin disturbances. We present a patient entering our hospital as a cause of an animal bite, and there were discovered hypolobulated neutrophils in the periferal plate. The familiar character was confirmed with the finding of this alteration in the patient's mother.