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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Bulky malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the left thigh in a pregnant woman presenting with a pathological fracture of the proximal femur.

Diogo Catelas, Duarte Sousa, Ana Patrícia Rodrigues, Pedro Cardoso

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diogo CatelasDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-8947
Duarte SousaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-2556
Ana Patrícia RodriguesDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro CardosoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Santo António, Porto, Portugal pffcardoso@gmail.com.
Hospital de Santo António · PTUniversidade do Porto · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) is an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma with a poor prognosis, affecting most commonly the extremities. The lungs constitute the most frequent location for distant metastases. Half of all MPNSTs arise in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1, while approximately 10% are radiation induced and the rest are sporadic.The authors present a pregnant woman in her 40s with a sporadic MPNST of the lower limb and with lung metastases at diagnosis. Treatment consisted of interilioabdominal amputation, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. Partial response and disease stabilisation were achieved with chemotherapy.Surgical resection with negative margins is the only potentially curative therapy, while radiation therapy and chemotherapy might be useful in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting, but their advantage in survival is not demonstrated. In the reported case, chemotherapy permitted the achievement of partial response and stabilisation of the disease.

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Fractures, SpontaneousNerve Sheath NeoplasmsNeurofibrosarcomaFemaleFemurHumansPregnancyPregnant PeopleThighCancer interventionOrthopaedic and trauma surgeryOrthopaedics

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PMID38569727
PMCPMC11002337
OpenAlexW4393853354

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