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Low-grade Schwann cell neoplasms with leptomeningeal dissemination: clinicopathologic and autopsy findings.
Human pathology - 1 Feb 2017
Rodriguez Erika F, Blakeley Jaishri, Langmead Shannon, Olivi Alessandro, Tufaro Anthony, Tabbarah Abeer, Berkenblit Gail, Sacks Justin M, Newsome Scott D, Montgomery Elizabeth, Rodriguez Fausto J
Abstract excerpt
Leptomeningeal dissemination of low-grade Schwann cell neoplasms is an exceptionally rare occurrence and has not been well documented in the literature. We encountered 2 cases of leptomeningeal dissemination of low-grade Schwann cell neoplasms. Patient 1 was a 63-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1 and a progressive low-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor developing from a diffuse/plexiform...
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