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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 113 |
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of chest wall in a patient with neurofibromatosis: A case report
K Vijaya1, BS Vani1, R Vani1, KR K Prasad1, L Veena Kumari1, P Jijiya Bai1, A Durgaprasad2, Ranga Reddy2, Madhumohan Reddy3
1 Department of Pathology, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3 Department of General Surgery, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
K Vijaya
Department of Pathology, Malla Reddy Medical College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2321-7006.302677
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a relatively rare tumor in general population with an incidence of 0.001%. But in patients of Neurofibromatosis the incidence is 2 -5%. It usually affects the extremities in these patients and rarely occurs in other sites like trunk, head and neck, intra spinal region, scalp and Intra cranial regions. We present a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the chest wall in an elderly patient with Neurofibromatosis with review of literature.
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