Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from solitary neurofibroma

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from solitary neurofibroma

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare sarcomas that are strongly associated with neurofibromatosis type I (NF-1). We describe a 71-year-old woman with no stigmata of neurofibromatosis, who presented with recurrent subcutaneous tumor on her left upper back. She received two excis...

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Main Authors: Pei-I Chung, Chang-Lin Chen, Yun-Ting Chang, Han-Nan Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
Subjects:
dermis
malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
neurofibromatosis type I
solitary neurofibroma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811713000906

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