A case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of pelvic cavity. |
Il Hae Park, Hong Gil Sun, Sang Hun Lee, Jae Hyuk Jang, Young Suk Lee, Chul Hwan Kim, Jae Seong Kang |
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. jskang@kumc.or.kr 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. |
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Abstract |
A 75-year-old female presented with a 1-month history of low abd pain. A 15 x 13 cm solid mass was noted in pelvic cavity by imaging study. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic lymph node dissection and omentectomy. Immunohistochemistry aided in the final diagnosis of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. The patient had several poor prognosis factor and relapsed into tumor and died 5 month after surgery. An extremely rare case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of pelvic cavity is reported with a brief review of the literature. |
Key Words:
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), Pelvic cavity |
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