## Background: Intraparenchymal nerve sheath tumors of the central nervous system are rare, usually benign tumors. three cases with tumor recurrences have previously been reported in the literature. the authors report a case of a malignant intracerebral nerve sheath tumor in a girl age 8 years and
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising in a “de novo” ganglioneuroma: A case report and review of the literature
✍ Scribed by Drago, Gisela; Pasquier, Basile; Pasquier, Dominique; Pinel, Nicole; Rouault-Plantaz, Veronique; Dyon, Jean-François; Durand, Chantal; Armari-Alla, Corinne; Plantaz, Dominique
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 923 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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✦ Synopsis
A case of a "de novo" ganglioneuroma show-that, although rare, the spontaneous developing a large area of malignant peripheral nerve ment of an MPNST in a benign ganglioneuroma sheath tumor (MPNST) is described. The tumor can occur. Immunohistochemical and electron arose in an 11.5-year-old girl with neither stig-microscopy studies supported the finding that mata nor family history of von Recklinghausen's the spindle cell component was of nerve sheath neurofibromatosis. In addition, the patient had origin. Med. Pediatr. Oncol. 28:216-222 no previous history of a neuroblastoma or radia-ᮊ 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
tion therapy. This report provides new evidence Key words: ganglioneuroma; neuroblastoma; malignant peripheral
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