Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the heart

• Authors: Elvyra Voluckiene , Giedrius Uzdavinys , Saulius Cicenas , Loreta Ivaskeviciene , Diana Zakarkaite , Giedre Nogiene
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) is a rare variety of soft-tissue sarcoma of ectomesenchymal origin. The World Health Organisation created the term MPNST to replace previous terminology such as malignant schwannoma, malignant neurilemmoma, neurogenic sarcoma, and myxofibrosarcoma for tumours of neurogenic origin with similar biological behavior.[1–3] The vast majority of these tumours develop in extremities. They also tend to be located in unusual sites of the body, such as the pelvic retroperitoneum, infratemporal fossa, intrapericardium, and mediastinum.[1,3,4] This case study presents a patient with an extremely rare primary cardiac MPNST..

Keywords

EN

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 655-658

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2012

online

28 - 7 - 2012

Contributors

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Elvyra Voluckiene

• Vilnius University Hospital SC, LT - 08661, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Giedrius Uzdavinys

• Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Vilnius University, LT - 01513, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Saulius Cicenas

• Institute of Oncology faculty of Medicine Vilnius University, LT - 01513, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Loreta Ivaskeviciene

• Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Vilnius University, LT - 01513, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Diana Zakarkaite

• Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Vilnius University, LT - 01513, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Giedre Nogiene

• Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Vilnius University, LT - 01513, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0034-8