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ArticleCureus2022

A 20.5 cm Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Anterior Mediastinum Showing Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy.

Malika P Ganguli, Jophil Thomas, Mahlon R Kile, Sri Yadlapalli

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 50% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Malika P GanguliInternal Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, BRB.
Jophil ThomasInternal Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, BRB.
Mahlon R KileInternal Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, BRB.
Sri YadlapalliInternal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, USA.
Trinity Health Oakland Hospital · USRoss University School of Medicine · BB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are a rare form of sarcoma derived from Schwann cells. Major risk factors for development are neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and prior radiation exposure. Tumor location is highly variable. We present a case of an extremely large MPNST tumor in the anterior mediastinum in a 66-year-old male. To the best of our knowledge, the 20.5 cm tumor is the first of its kind in a patient without clinical signs of NF1 or prior radiation exposure. The localization of this tumor to the anterior mediastinum is rarer, as the most common tumors presenting in this area are thyroid neoplasms, thymomas, teratomas, and lymphomas. The patient's tumor responded to doxorubicin-ifosfamide-mesna-based therapy. The tumor decreased from 20.5 cm to 9.0 cm on subsequent imaging. Thus, this is an interesting and valuable case to learn about the presentation and potential treatments of such a rare pathology.

Indexed as

anterior mediastinummalignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (mpnst)neurofibromatosis 1 (nf1)rare tumorssarcoma

Identifiers

PMID36514670
PMCPMC9733815
OpenAlexW4308623314

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