Insidious malignant triton tumor of the chest wall with late flare-up
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Insidious malignant triton tumor of the chest wall with late flare-up
Malignant triton tumor is a rare malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. Most of these tumors are located in the head, neck, and extremities, and about half of cases are associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 featuring cafe-au-lait spots or cutaneous neurofibromas. We present a 76-year-old man with an insidious chest wall tumor with late progressive pain...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tzu Chi Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1016-3190
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcmj.2014.11.001