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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Known as: Malignant Neurilemomas, Malignant Schwannomas, Neurilemmosarcoma 
An uncommon, highly aggressive malignant tumor, arising from the peripheral nerves and affecting mostly adults in their third to sixth decades of… 
National Institutes of Health

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2015
2015
Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
Six decades ago, the epithelioid variant of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (EMPNST) was described. This rare variant is… 
2011
2011
Superficial malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from a solitary cutaneous neurofibroma in a non-NF1 patient.
Auteur(s) : Yasuhiro KAWACHI kyasuhir@md.tsukuba.ac.jp, Ryota TANAKA, Yasuhiro FUJISAWA, Junichi FURUTA, Yasuhiro NAKAMURA… 
2009
2009
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with divergent differentiation.
Right posterior thigh malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with malignant glandular and rhabdomyoblastic components was… 
2006
2006
Retroperitoneal Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Complicated with Type I Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis is an infrequent genetic disorder that was first clinically described by von Recklinghausen and it was… 
2004
2004
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the maxilla.
Abstract The term malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) refers to most spindle cell sarcomas arising from nerve or… 
1984
1984
Catecholamine-secreting malignant schwannoma in a patient with multiple intracranial aneurysms. Case report.
A case is reported of malignant schwannomatosis (malignant transformation of von Recklinghausen's disease) with catecholamine… 
1984
1984
Large mediastinal mass in Hodgkin's disease: Results of two treatment modalities
Sixty-eight untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD), stages I-III, presenting with a large mediastinal mass were treated… 
1983
1983
[Multiple malignant intracerebral schwannomas in von Recklinghausen's disease--report of a case].
Intracerebral schwannoma is very rare, and only nine cases of solitary intracerebral schwannoma have been reported since the… 
1982
1982
Probable clonal origin of neurofibrosarcoma in a patient with hereditary neurofibromatosis.
A neurofibroma, a fibroma, a primary neurofibrosarcoma, and four neurofibrosarcoma metastases from a woman with hereditary… 
1979
1979
Neurogenic sarcoma of the head and neck.
We discuss our experience in the diagnosis and management of seven cases of neurogenic sarcomas of the head and neck. These…