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Low Grade Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

MedGen UID:
232702
•Concept ID:
C1334416
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Well Differentiated Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Definition

A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor that is low grade. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLow Grade Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Myxoid solitary fibrous tumor: a study of seven cases with emphasis on differential diagnosis.
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Acta Chir Plast 2022 Summer;64(2):69-75. doi: 10.48095/ccachp202269. PMID: 36068081
Atypical Spindle Cell Lipomatous Tumor: Clinicopathologic Characterization of 232 Cases Demonstrating a Morphologic Spectrum.
Mariño-Enriquez A, Nascimento AF, Ligon AH, Liang C, Fletcher CD
Am J Surg Pathol 2017 Feb;41(2):234-244. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000770. PMID: 27879515
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the abducens nerve and a review of the literature.
Voorhies J, Hattab EM, Cohen-Gadol AA
World Neurosurg 2013 Nov;80(5):654.e1-8. Epub 2012 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.08.007. PMID: 23022650
Spindle cell liposarcoma, a hitherto unrecognized variant of liposarcoma. Analysis of six cases.
Dei Tos AP, Mentzel T, Newman PL, Fletcher CD
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Diagnosis

Low-Grade Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Mimicking Schwannoma: Role and Importance of Trimethylated H3K27M Staining.
Gilder HE, Puffer RC, Spinner RJ, Raghunathan A, Bydon M
World Neurosurg 2018 Sep;117:178-181. Epub 2018 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.035. PMID: 29909207
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma arising within the median nerve.
Swanson AA, Giannini C, Folpe AL, Van Dyke DL, Amrami KK, Michalak WA, Vaubel RA
Neuropathology 2018 Jun;38(3):309-314. Epub 2018 Jan 3 doi: 10.1111/neup.12453. PMID: 29314300
Superficial malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with overlying intradermal melanocytic nevus mimicking spindle cell melanoma.
Jackson CR, Minca EC, Kapil JP, Smith SC, Billings SD
J Cutan Pathol 2016 Dec;43(12):1220-1225. Epub 2016 Oct 24 doi: 10.1111/cup.12834. PMID: 27687011
Low grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with mesenchymal differentiation: a case report.
Janczar K, Tybor K, Józefowicz M, Papierz W
Pol J Pathol 2011 Dec;62(4):278-81. PMID: 22246916
Low grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with smooth muscle differentiation.
Rodriguez FJ, Scheithauer BW, Abell-Aleff PC, Elamin E, Erlandson RA
Acta Neuropathol 2007 Jun;113(6):705-9. Epub 2006 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00401-006-0171-8. PMID: 17119986

Prognosis

Low-Grade Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Mimicking Schwannoma: Role and Importance of Trimethylated H3K27M Staining.
Gilder HE, Puffer RC, Spinner RJ, Raghunathan A, Bydon M
World Neurosurg 2018 Sep;117:178-181. Epub 2018 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.035. PMID: 29909207
Low-grade Schwann cell neoplasms with leptomeningeal dissemination: clinicopathologic and autopsy findings.
Rodriguez EF, Blakeley J, Langmead S, Olivi A, Tufaro A, Tabbarah A, Berkenblit G, Sacks JM, Newsome SD, Montgomery E, Rodriguez FJ
Hum Pathol 2017 Feb;60:121-128. Epub 2016 Sep 22 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2016.08.010. PMID: 27666764Free PMC Article
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the abducens nerve and a review of the literature.
Voorhies J, Hattab EM, Cohen-Gadol AA
World Neurosurg 2013 Nov;80(5):654.e1-8. Epub 2012 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.08.007. PMID: 23022650
Low grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with smooth muscle differentiation.
Rodriguez FJ, Scheithauer BW, Abell-Aleff PC, Elamin E, Erlandson RA
Acta Neuropathol 2007 Jun;113(6):705-9. Epub 2006 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00401-006-0171-8. PMID: 17119986

Clinical prediction guides

Atypical Spindle Cell Lipomatous Tumor: Clinicopathologic Characterization of 232 Cases Demonstrating a Morphologic Spectrum.
Mariño-Enriquez A, Nascimento AF, Ligon AH, Liang C, Fletcher CD
Am J Surg Pathol 2017 Feb;41(2):234-244. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000770. PMID: 27879515
Superficial malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with overlying intradermal melanocytic nevus mimicking spindle cell melanoma.
Jackson CR, Minca EC, Kapil JP, Smith SC, Billings SD
J Cutan Pathol 2016 Dec;43(12):1220-1225. Epub 2016 Oct 24 doi: 10.1111/cup.12834. PMID: 27687011
A neurogenic tumor containing a low-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) component with loss of p16 expression and homozygous deletion of CDKN2A/p16: a case report showing progression from a neurofibroma to a high-grade MPNST.
Tajima S, Koda K
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 2015;8(5):5113-20. Epub 2015 May 1 PMID: 26191206Free PMC Article
Fibroblastic low-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the orbit.
Han JC, Kim YD, Suh YL, Kwon MJ, Woo KI
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2012 Jul-Aug;28(4):e97-8. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318236857c. PMID: 22186985
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