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Malignant nerve sheath tumour arising in a benign ancient schwannoma
Author(s) -
RASBRIDGE S. A.,
BROWSE N. L.,
TIGHE J. R.,
FLETCHER C. D. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1989.tb02189.x
Subject(s) - schwannoma , nerve sheath , pathology , medicine , neurilemoma , nerve sheath tumor , anatomy
A malignant nerve sheath tumour arising in a longstanding benign schwannoma in a 75‐year‐old woman is described. Malignant change of this kind is extremely rare; there appear to be only four convincing previously reported cases.