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Spontaneous malignant transformation of trigeminal schwannoma: consideration of responsible gene alterations for tumorigenesis-a case report.
Brain tumor pathology - 1 Oct 2023
Ogasawara Natsuki, Yamashita Shinji, Yamasaki Koji, Kawano Tomoki, Kawano Tomohiro, Muta Junichiro, Matsumoto Fumitaka, Watanabe Takashi, Ohta Hajime, Yokogami Kiyotaka, Fukushima Tsuyoshi, Sato Yuichiro, Takeshima Hideo
Abstract excerpt
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) arising from the trigeminal nerves are extremely rare (only 45 cases, including the present case, have been published) and have been reported to develop de novo from the peripheral nerve sheath and are not transformed from a schwannoma or neurofibroma. Here, we report a case of MPNSTs of the trigeminal nerve caused by the malignant transformation of a trigeminal...
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