Unusual CT Appearance of Bony Metastases from Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Unusual CT Appearance of Bony Metastases from Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

We present a case of bone metastases from a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST). While multiple bone lesions typically are suggestive of metastatic disease, especially in combination with a primary tumor and positive PET, the appearance of lesions in this patient was quite atypical. We a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seema Doering, Cedric Boulet, Maryam Shahabpour, Johan De Mey, Michel Demaeseneer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Subjects:
unusual
bony metastases
CT
malignant
bone tumors
malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/1089
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Summary:We present a case of bone metastases from a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST). While multiple bone lesions typically are suggestive of metastatic disease, especially in combination with a primary tumor and positive PET, the appearance of lesions in this patient was quite atypical. We are not aware of any case of metastatic disease with such atypical 'doughnut appearance' as in our case.
ISSN:2514-8281

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