Article
Cover
RGUHS Nat. J. Pub. Heal. Sci Vol: 14 Issue: 2 eISSN: pISSN
Case Report
Murthy Kumar V
Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore
Year: 2012, Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Page no. 253-255,
Views: 579,
Downloads: 3
Licensing Information:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0.
Abstract
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours are rare sarcomas arising from connective tissue around the nerves. These are commonly found in brachial plexus, sacral plexus and sciatic nerve. Acase of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour arising from superficial nerves of thigh which was difficult to diagnose on incision biopsy and histopathology, was confirmed by immunohistochemistry.
<p>Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours are rare sarcomas arising from connective tissue around the nerves. These are commonly found in brachial plexus, sacral plexus and sciatic nerve. Acase of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour arising from superficial nerves of thigh which was difficult to diagnose on incision biopsy and histopathology, was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. </p>
Keywords
malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour, sarcoma, malignant schwannoma, neurofibrosarcoma, neurosarcoma
Downloads
-
1FullTextPDF
Article
none
Supporting File
No Pictures
References
none