A rare case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of pleura and review of literature

• Main Authors: B P Amrith (Author), Sunil Pasricha (Author), Ankush Jajodia (Author), Venkata Pradeep Babu Koyyala (Author), Ullas Batra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a type of soft tissue sarcoma arising from peripheral nerves. They can be found in isolation, but about half of the cases are associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. They usually arise from the nerve p...