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==Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour== | ==Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour== | ||
*[[AKA]] ''neurofibrosarcoma''.<ref name=pmid21317712>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mills | first1 = AM. | last2 = Karamchandani | first2 = JR. | last3 = Vogel | first3 = H. | last4 = Longacre | first4 = TA. | title = Endocervical fibroblastic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (neurofibrosarcoma): report of a novel entity possibly related to endocervical CD34 fibrocytes. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 404-12 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318208f72e | PMID = 21317712 }}</ref> | *[[AKA]] ''neurofibrosarcoma''.<ref name=pmid21317712>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mills | first1 = AM. | last2 = Karamchandani | first2 = JR. | last3 = Vogel | first3 = H. | last4 = Longacre | first4 = TA. | title = Endocervical fibroblastic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (neurofibrosarcoma): report of a novel entity possibly related to endocervical CD34 fibrocytes. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 404-12 | month = Mar | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318208f72e | PMID = 21317712 }}</ref> | ||
*Commonly abbreviated ''MPNST''. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Malignant - as the name implies. | *Malignant - as the name implies. | ||
*Usu. assoc. with a peripheral nerve.{{Fact}} | *Usu. assoc. with a peripheral nerve.{{Fact}} | ||
*May be seen in the context of [[neurofibromatosis type 1]]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||