A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle

ABSTRACT: Malignant triton tumor (MTT) is defined as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. Intracranial MTT is extremely rare, and only four cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of MTT occurring in the cerebellopontine angle, and...

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Autores principales: Gong, Li, Liu, Xiao-Yan, Zhang, Wen-Dong, Han, Xiu-Juan, Yao, Li, Zhu, Shao-Jun, Lan, Miao, Li, Yan-Hong, Zhang, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3438054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22515616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-7-43
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Sumario:ABSTRACT: Malignant triton tumor (MTT) is defined as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. Intracranial MTT is extremely rare, and only four cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of MTT occurring in the cerebellopontine angle, and describe its histopathological characteristics, immunohistochemical features, and prognosis. VIRTUAL SLIDES: The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/1336227313684480

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