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| Year : 2013 |
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of facial nerve: Presenting as parotid mass
Bageshri P Gogate1, Mani Anand1, Sanjay D Deshmukh1, Snehal N Purandare2
1 Department of Pathology, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Narhe, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Surgery, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Narhe, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Bageshri P Gogate
Department of Pathology, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Narhe, Off Pune, Mumbai Bypass, Pune 411 041, Maharashtra
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.110708
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is very uncommon tumor of parotid gland and it is an uncommon spindle cell sarcoma accounting for approximately 5% of all soft-tissue sarcoma. There is strong association between MPNSTs and neurofibromatosis (NF-1) and previous irradiation. Structural abnormality of chromosome 17 is associated with NF-1 and so MPNST. We present a case of a 78-year-old male presenting with slowly growing parotid mass who underwent tumor resection. |
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