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Pediatric radiology · Aug 2003
Case ReportsThoracic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour mimicking a pleural tumour: a rare pedunculated appearance.
- Masahiro Komori, Hidetake Yabuuchi, Toshiro Kuroiwa, Yoshihisa Nagatoshi, Yukito Ichinose, and Yoichi Hachitanda.
- Department of Radiology, National Kyushu Cancer Centre, 3-1-1 Notame, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 811-1395, Japan. masakomori2002@ybb.ne.jp
- Pediatr Radiol. 2003 Aug 1; 33 (8): 578-81.
AbstractA malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) generally occurs in adults and often in patients with neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1). We present a rare case of a huge thoracic MPNST arising from the intercostal nerve in a 12-year-old girl without NF-1. In addition to the unusual occurrence in a child without NF-1, MRI demonstrated a unique pedunculated appearance mimicking a pleural tumour. In this report, we present the CT and MRI findings of our case, together with the histopathological findings, and review previous reports.
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