Malignant triton tumor of the lung, infiltrating the left atrium and left ventricle, with metastasis to the small intestine

Malignant triton tumors are a rare subtype of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors showing rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. We report the case of a 33-year-old patient who underwent an excision of such a tumor by thoracic and cardiac surgery. He was reoperated on 1 month later because of a...

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Autores principales: Tomaszewski, Dariusz, Beta, Sebastian, Rogowski, Jan A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515751
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2017.66932
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Sumario:Malignant triton tumors are a rare subtype of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors showing rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. We report the case of a 33-year-old patient who underwent an excision of such a tumor by thoracic and cardiac surgery. He was reoperated on 1 month later because of a tumor of the small intestine and received adjuvant radiation.

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