Brain metastases as primary manifestation of a melanocytic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a 60-year-old man

BACKGROUND: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare tumor entities that originate from peripheral nerve sheaths and have an unfavorable prognosis. Metastatic spread to the cerebral parenchyma is absolutely rare. This case report describes the clinical course in a 60-year-old man whose tumo...

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Autores principales: Tilgner, Johannes, Müller, Klaus, Ghanem, Nadir, Lutterbach, Johannes, Vesper, Jan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1780055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17227576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-7-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1780055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17227576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-7-2

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