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Intravascular papillary hemangioendothelioma disguised as a peripheral sheath tumor of median nerve at the wrist: a case report and literature review
BackgroundIntravascular papillary hemangioendothelioma (IVPH) is a benign lesion previously reported in the nasal cavity, neck, upper extremities,...
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with local recurrence and cardiac invasion: case report
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is an uncommon disease of soft tissue sarcoma which affects young and middle-aged adults....
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Benign Peripheral Non-cranial Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Neck
Benign peripheral non-cranial nerve sheath tumors are rare lesions, including both schwannomas and neurofibromas. These tumors arise from Schwann...
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WNT5A inhibition alters the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor microenvironment and enhances tumor growth
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are aggressive soft-tissue sarcomas that cause significant mortality in adults with...
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A Rare Case of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of Larynx
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are highly aggressive tumors and they arise either de novo or from preexisting benign schwannoma or...
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‘Triton’ Tumor of the Lower Alveolus: An Aggressive Variant of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour
Malignant Triton tumor (MTT) is a rare variant of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor which harbingers a poor prognosis owing to its aggressive...
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Magnetic resonance imaging features and clinical course of malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors: single institution experience over two decades
ObjectiveTo evaluate MR features and clinical course of malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor (MMNST), previously known as melanotic schwannoma and...
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Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of H3K27 methylation status in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: correlation with skeletal muscle differentiation
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a very aggressive peripheral nerve sheath-derived sarcoma, which is one of the most difficult...
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Cranial and Paraspinal Nerve Tumors
Many neurosurgical specimens originate outside of the central neuraxis proper from the nerve sheath cells of the cranial and spinal nerve roots, the...
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A light in the darkness: sodium fluorescein-assisted peripheral nerve sheath tumors resection – a comprehensive systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis
The treatment for peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs) is based on surgical excision and the primary goal is to improve symptoms whilst preserving...
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Establishment and characterization of NCC-MPNST6-C1: a novel patient-derived cell line of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are a rare subtype of mesenchymal tumors that arise from the sheath of peripheral nerves. MPNSTs...
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A giant posterior mediastinal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and benign neurofibroma in body surface: a case report
BackgroundNeurofibromatosis comprises neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and type 2 (NF2). Major tumor type of NF1 are neurofibroma recognized as benign...
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Tumors of Spinal and Peripheral Nerves
This chapter provides a detailed exploration of tumors of spinal and peripheral nerves. It covers a range of tumor types, including peripheral...
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Tumors of the Optic Nerve and Its Sheath
The tumors of the optic nerve may arise from the nerve itself or from its sheath. Benign gliomas and meningiomas are the most frequent types, whereas...
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Ultrasound and MR imaging of peripheral nerve tumors: the state of the art
Peripheral nerve sheath tumors are a heterogeneous subgroup of soft tissue tumors that either arise from a peripheral nerve or show nerve sheath...
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Efficacy of MEK inhibition in a recurrent malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
The prognosis of recurrent malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) is dismal, with surgical resection being the only definitive salvage...
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Unusual split green-orange signals in USP6 fluorescence in situ hybridization in a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with a novel NF1-SCIMP fusion: a potential diagnostic pitfall
Deletion of the neurofibromatosis 1 ( NF1 ) gene is common, but NF1 rearrangement or fusion has rarely been reported in peripheral nerve sheath tumors....
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Rare malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors of the upper limb nerves: utility of high-frequency ultrasonography in preoperative imaging
Melanotic nerve sheath tumor (MNST) is a rare variant of schwannoma. Here, we report an unusual case of multiple MNST lesions located in the upper...
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Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET-CT in detecting malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors among adult and pediatric neurofibromatosis type 1 patients
PurposeDetecting malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) remains difficult. 18 F-FDG PET-CT has been shown helpful, but ideal threshold...
