Kitamura M, Wada N, Nagata S, Iizuka N, Jin YF, Tomoeda M, Yuki M, Naka N, Araki N, Yutani C, Tomita Y. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, with metastasis to the heart: a case report.
Diagn Pathol 2010;
5:2. [PMID:
20205747 PMCID:
PMC2881068 DOI:
10.1186/1746-1596-5-2]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
A rare case is presented of a 61-year-old man with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, with metastasis to the heart. The primary tumor originated in the right thigh in 1982. Since then, the patient has had repeated local recurrences in spite of repeated surgical treatment and adjuvant chemotherapy. He has developed previous metastases of the lung and heart. The patient died of cardiac involvement.
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