Melanoma Mimicking Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor with Spread to the Cerebellopontine Angle: Utility of Next-Generation Sequencing in Diagnosis

• Main Authors: Katie Fox Hanson (Author), Paul Birinyi (Author), Ronald Walker (Author), Constantine Raptis (Author), Rebecca Chernock (Author), Jeroen Coppens (Author), Katherine E. Schwetye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cutaneous spindle cell malignancy is associated with a broad differential diagnosis, particularly in the absence of a known primary melanocytic lesion. We present an unusually challenging patient who presented with clinical symptoms involving cranial nerves VII and VIII and a parotid-region mass, wh...