## 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
Sporadic primary malignant intracerebral nerve sheath tumors: case report and literature review
β Scribed by Zachary Rollins Barnard; Pankaj Kumar Agarwalla; Deva Sanjeeva Jeyaretna; Christopher James Farrell; Elizabeth Robins Gerstner; Di Tian; William Thomas Curry
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 608 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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