Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of median nerve - an unusual presentation: a case report

Autor:	Ramesh Vidyadharan, Danish Imran, Rajive Mathew Jose, Paul K. Wright, G. S. Rao
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pathology business.industry medicine.disease Asymptomatic Trunk Median nerve Malignant transformation medicine Neurofibroma Surgery Histopathology medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) business Peripheral Nerve Sheath
Zdroj:	European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 28:50-52
ISSN:	1435-0130 0930-343X
DOI:	10.1007/s00238-005-0751-1
Popis:	Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNST) are rare tumours, which usually occur in patients with multiple neurofibromatosis. They are common in the head and neck and trunk and only a few cases have been reported in the hand. Many of these occur in patients with von Recklinghausen’s disease and rarely as a malignant transformation of benign schwannomas. When they appear in the hand they often present with various symptoms. We encountered a patient who presented with a longstanding asymptomatic swelling of the palm. On excision the histopathology showed a high-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour, which led us to speculate that a malignant transformation had occurred in a pre-existing benign swelling. This is reported for its unusual presentation, which, to our knowledge, has never been described previously.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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