Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the pleural cavity: rapid progression

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) accounts for 5-10% of all malignant soft tissue tumors. It often affects the extremities and abdominal cavity and very rarely develops in the thoracic cavity. The incidence in the general population is 0.001%. In our paper we would like to present a ca...

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Autores principales: Misiak, Piotr, Wcislo, Szymon, Jabłoński, Sławomir, Szwalbe, Katarzyna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336424
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2014.43854
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Sumario:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) accounts for 5-10% of all malignant soft tissue tumors. It often affects the extremities and abdominal cavity and very rarely develops in the thoracic cavity. The incidence in the general population is 0.001%. In our paper we would like to present a case report of a 74-year-old female patient with primary MPNST of the pleural cavity which was previously misdiagnosed as a non-small cell lung cancer. Despite the combined treatment, after four months the patient developed a secondary tumor in the contralateral pleural cavity which was also treated operatively.

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