Open AccessImaging characteristics of orbital peripheral nerve sheath tumors: Analysis of 34 cases
Author(s) -
Min Dai,
Ting Wang,
Junming Wang,
Liping Fang,
Ying Zhao,
Asmitananda Thakur,
Dong Wang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i21.7356
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibroma , magnetic resonance imaging , schwannoma , orbit (dynamics) , exophthalmos , nerve sheath , pathological , pathology , nerve sheath tumor , soft tissue , histopathology , nerve sheath neoplasm , magnetic resonance neurography , plexiform neurofibroma , radiology , malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor , anatomy , neurofibromatosis , engineering , aerospace engineering
Peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs), a rare group of neoplasms in the orbit, comprise only 4% of all orbital tumors. At present, there are very few studies detailing the features of these tumors identified using imaging technology.