Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour: CT and MRI Findings
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Fabio Pelle; Roberta Di Trapano; Massimiliano Sperandio; Elisa Costanzo; Aurora Ricci; Pierfrancesco Di Cello; Giovanni Simonetti; Isabelle Di Poce; Luciano Izzo
- Source
- Case Reports in Radiology, Vol 2013 (2013)
Case Reports in Radiology
- Subject
- lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
lcsh:R895-920
Population
Case Report
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
Malignancy
medicine.disease
medicine
Parapharyngeal space
Radiology
Family history
Neurofibromatosis
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour
education
business
Mri findings
- Language
- English
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) is extremely rare malignancy in the general population, occurring more frequently in patients with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). In the literature five cases of MPNST arising from the parapharyngeal space (PPS) in patients without neurofibromatosis have been reported. We report imaging techniques in a patient with MPNST in the PPS, who had neither a family history nor sign of NF1. Computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed for a correct therapeutic planning. CT and MRI findings were correlated with hystopathological diagnosis.