Doxycycline potentiates antitumor effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor cells. [PDF]
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common neurocutaneous disorders. Some NF1 patients develop benign large plexiform neurofibroma(s) at birth, which can then transform into a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST).
Ming-Jen Lee +4 more
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Intramandibular malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: A case report
The principal malignancy of peripheral nerves is malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), which is common in soft tissue of the lower extremities.
Bhavana S Bagalad +3 more
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Elbow flexion reconstruction after arm-sparing excision for high-grade triton sarcoma: a case report
Background Soft tissue sarcomas affecting the root of an upper extremity raise the question of limb amputation depending on their location, size, and malignancy.
Elise Lupon +4 more
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 complicated with malignant transformation and diffuse pulmonary disease
Neurofibromatosis type 1 can be severe and associated with progressive course and death. Although it has been rarely reported, a subset of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 may develop interstitial lung disease. However, no case of neurofibrosarcoma
Nuri Karadurmus +3 more
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Neurofibrosarcoma in the nasal cavity
A nine month old male child presented with a swelling protruding from the right nasal cavity for two months. Other symptoms were mild breathlessness during suckling and blood stained nasal discharge. CT Scan sshowed a mass arising from the lasteral wall of the right nasal cavity with mild erosion of the adjacent bones.
S, Goswami +4 more
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Loss of heterozygosity (LOH)--implications for human genetic identification.
The aim of this study was assessment of possible effects of loss of heterozygosity on human genetic identification of histolopathogical tissue sections. DNA templates were extracted from tumour tissue specimens excised from oncological patients and from ...
Jerzy Janica +7 more
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Use of saphenous artery axial pattern flap for the treatment of pelvic limb extremity lesions with extensive tissue loss in dogs - case report [PDF]
The loss of a vast area of tissue requires reconstructive surgery. For the reconstruction of pelvic limb (PL) extremities, the saphenous artery axial pattern flap is recommended.
D.C. Garcia +4 more
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Historical Records of Tumours in New Zealand Marine Fishes
Tumours were first described in New Zealand marine fishes in 1982 but those early records have been difficult to access and subsequently few tumours have been collected and little has been published. This review updates records of identified tumours from teleosts in the New Zealand marine environment and may encourage more work to identify background ...
John Brian Jones
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Neurofibrosarcoma of the vagus nerve [PDF]
Summary A patient whose symptoms of cough and intermittent hoarseness were due to a neurofibrosarcoma of the vagus nerve is described. Attention is drawn to the rarity of the tumour and a short review of the pathology and treatment of neurofibrosarcoma is discussed.
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ABSTRACT Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) can rarely present as anterior mediastinal masses in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), causing respiratory symptoms and diagnostic challenges. Multidisciplinary evaluation, including biopsy and imaging, is essential for diagnosis, with surgical resection as the primary treatment ...
Muhammad Hassan Raza +8 more
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