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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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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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author Gong, Li
Liu, Xiao-Yan
Zhang, Wen-Dong
Han, Xiu-Juan
Yao, Li
Zhu, Shao-Jun
Lan, Miao
Li, Yan-Hong
Zhang, Wei
author_facet Gong, Li
Liu, Xiao-Yan
Zhang, Wen-Dong
Han, Xiu-Juan
Yao, Li
Zhu, Shao-Jun
Lan, Miao
Li, Yan-Hong
Zhang, Wei
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description 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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spelling pubmed-34380542012-09-11 A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle Gong, Li Liu, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Wen-Dong Han, Xiu-Juan Yao, Li Zhu, Shao-Jun Lan, Miao Li, Yan-Hong Zhang, Wei Diagn Pathol Case Report 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 BioMed Central 2012-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3438054/ /pubmed/22515616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-7-43 Text en Copyright ©2012 Gong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gong, Li
Liu, Xiao-Yan
Zhang, Wen-Dong
Han, Xiu-Juan
Yao, Li
Zhu, Shao-Jun
Lan, Miao
Li, Yan-Hong
Zhang, Wei
A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
title A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
title_full A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
title_fullStr A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
title_short A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
title_sort rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
topic Case Report
url 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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