A Case of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor with Rhabdomyoblastic Differentiation: Malignant Triton Tumor

• Main Authors: Kenichiro Mae (Author), Yukihiko Kato (Author), Kae Usui (Author), Namiko Abe (Author), Ryoji Tsuboi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) constitute a rare variety of soft tissue sarcomas thought to originate from Schwann cells or pluripotent cells of the neural crest. Malignant triton tumor (MTT), a very rare, highly aggressive soft tissue tumor, is a subgroup of MPNST and is comprised...