ArticleOncology letters2016
Medullary metastasis of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: A case report.
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- Spinal and Paraspinal Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs): Survival, Local Recurrence, and the Relative Importance of Resection Extent and Margin Status.Global spine journal · 2026Review
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- Local recurrence in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours: multicentre cohort study.BJS open · 2024Article
- Brain metastasis and intracranial leptomeningeal metastasis from malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: illustrative cases.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2023Article
- Cranial nerve and intramedullary spinal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with neurofibromatosis-1.Surgical neurology international · 2021Article
- Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Cervical Spine Treated with Surgical Resection Followed by X-ray Radiotherapy or Carbon Ion Radiotherapy: A Report of Three Cases.Spine surgery and related research · 2020Article
- Recurrent epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with neurofibromatosis type 1: A case report and literature review.Oncology letters · 2019Article
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of thigh with sphenoid and brain metastases: Extremely rare occurrence with dismal prognosis despite significant response to palliative chemoradiotherapy.World journal of nuclear medicineArticle
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Abstract
The present study reports a case of medullary metastasis without lung metastasis that occurred as a result of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST). An 81-year-old woman presented with a MPNST in the left brachial plexus, arising from the cervical nerve root. The patient underwent carbon ion radiotherapy; however, tumor recurrence was identified in the left shoulder. Subsequently, the patient underwent wide excision. Three weeks subsequent to surgery, imbalance and dysarthria developed suddenly. Dysphagia emerged and left upper limb pain disappeared on the day after symptom development. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that this was due to metastasis to the medulla. Five days subsequent to the onset of dysarthria, the patient succumbed due to respiratory failure. To the best of our knowledge, no previous cases of medullary metastasis arising from a MPNST in the absence of lung metastasis have been reported. MRI is a useful examination tool for the identification of brain metastases; however, the high cost of MRI as a routine examination must be considered due to the rarity of brain metastases. Therefore, methods to detect brain metastasis warrant further investigation.
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