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Lumbar spinal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor arising from a benign neurofibroma

Author(s) -

Carrie P. Marder,

Felix S. Chew

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

radiology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221

H-Index - 10

ISSN - 1930-0433

DOI - 10.2484/rcr.v5i3.417

Subject(s) - medicine , intervertebral foramen , neurofibroma , lumbar , nerve sheath neoplasm , malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor , spinal canal , foramen , lesion , nerve root , neurofibromatosis , nerve sheath tumor , groin , anatomy , pathology , radiology , schwannoma , spinal cord , psychiatry

We present the case of a 27-year-old man who had a soft-tissue lumbar spine mass causing back, abdominal, and groin pain. Imaging showed the lesion filling the right neural foramen, invading the anterior L2 vertebral body and both pedicles, and protruding into the central canal, causing compression of the thecal sac. The final pathologic diagnosis was a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, with histologic evidence of a precursor neurofibroma. The patient did not have an underlying diagnosis of neurofibromatosis

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