Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the pleural cavity: rapid progression

Piotr Misiak; Szymon Wcislo; Sławomir Jabłoński; Katarzyna Szwalbe

doi:10.5114/kitp.2014.43854

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ISSN: 1731-5530

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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abstract:

Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the pleural cavity: rapid progression

Piotr Misiak

,

Szymon Wcislo

,

Sławomir Jabłoński

,

Katarzyna Szwalbe

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2014; 11 (2): 213-215

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2014.43854

Online publish date: 2014/06/30

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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) accounts for 5-10% of all malignant soft tissue tumors. It often affects the extremities and abdominal cavity and very rarely develops in the thoracic cavity. The incidence in the general population is 0.001%. In our paper we would like to present a case report of a 74-year-old female patient with primary MPNST of the pleural cavity which was previously misdiagnosed as a non-small cell lung cancer. Despite the combined treatment, after four months the patient developed a secondary tumor in the contralateral pleural cavity which was also treated operatively.

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Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the pleural cavity: rapid progression

Piotr Misiak , Szymon Wcislo , Sławomir Jabłoński , Katarzyna Szwalbe

pleural cavity, peripheral nerve sheath tumo

Piotr Misiak

,

Szymon Wcislo

,

Sławomir Jabłoński

,

Katarzyna Szwalbe