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*Malignant - as the name implies. | *Malignant - as the name implies. | ||
*Usually assoc. with a peripheral nerve.<ref>{WHOCNS2007}</ref> | *Usually assoc. with a peripheral nerve.<ref>{WHOCNS2007}</ref> | ||
*May be seen in the context of [[neurofibromatosis type 1]]. | *May be seen in the context of [[neurofibromatosis type 1]] or radiation induced.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ducatman | first1 = BS. | last2 = Scheithauer | first2 = BW. | last3 = Piepgras | first3 = DG. | last4 = Reiman | first4 = HM. | last5 = Ilstrup | first5 = DM. | title = Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. A clinicopathologic study of 120 cases. | journal = Cancer | volume = 57 | issue = 10 | pages = 2006-21 | month = May | year = 1986 | doi = | PMID = 3082508 }}</ref> | ||
*Approx 50-70% arise from (mostly plexiform) [[neurofibroma]]s. | |||
*Usu. adults | |||
*Approx. 5% of all malignant soft tissue lesions. | |||
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