Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma

• MPNST arising from a gynaecological origin is rare. • It poses a diagnostic challenge with symptoms and imaging – histology is essential. • Current mainstay of treatment involves radical surgery with clear margins. • The benefits of chemotherapy and radiotherapy are not well established.

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Autores principales: Chuang, Yi Alexander, Goh, Charissa, Kho, Chye Lee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7486431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100633
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spelling pubmed-74864312020-09-17 Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma Chuang, Yi Alexander Goh, Charissa Kho, Chye Lee Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Report • MPNST arising from a gynaecological origin is rare. • It poses a diagnostic challenge with symptoms and imaging – histology is essential. • Current mainstay of treatment involves radical surgery with clear margins. • The benefits of chemotherapy and radiotherapy are not well established. Elsevier 2020-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7486431/ /pubmed/32953962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100633 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
title Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
title_full Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
title_fullStr Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
title_full_unstemmed Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
title_short Rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
title_sort rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the endocervix masquerading as a leiomyoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7486431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2020.100633
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