Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a rare tumor that accounts for 5% of all thoracic neoplasm usually located in the posterior mediastinum and is generally associated with a poor outcome. We present a case of MPNST of the anterior mediastinum presenting in a rare location leading to...

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Autores principales: Kalra, Babusha, Kingsley, Pamela Alice, Bedi, Harinder Singh, Kwatra, Kanwardeep Singh, Negi, Preeti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568746
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5528
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description Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a rare tumor that accounts for 5% of all thoracic neoplasm usually located in the posterior mediastinum and is generally associated with a poor outcome. We present a case of MPNST of the anterior mediastinum presenting in a rare location leading to diagnostic dilemmas and treated primarily by surgical resection.
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spelling pubmed-42744402015-01-07 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation Kalra, Babusha Kingsley, Pamela Alice Bedi, Harinder Singh Kwatra, Kanwardeep Singh Negi, Preeti Rare Tumors Case Report Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a rare tumor that accounts for 5% of all thoracic neoplasm usually located in the posterior mediastinum and is generally associated with a poor outcome. We present a case of MPNST of the anterior mediastinum presenting in a rare location leading to diagnostic dilemmas and treated primarily by surgical resection. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4274440/ /pubmed/25568746 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5528 Text en ©Copyright B. Kalra et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation
title Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation
title_full Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation
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title_full_unstemmed Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation
title_short Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum: A Rare Presentation
title_sort malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the anterior mediastinum: a rare presentation
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5528
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