%0 Journal Article %T Primary intrapulmonary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor mimicking lung cancer %A La Mantia, Elvira %A Franco, Renato %A Cantile, Monica %A Rocco, Raffaele %A De Chiara, Annarosaria %A Martucci, Nicola %A Rocco, Gaetano %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2013 %B 2013 %9 %! Primary intrapulmonary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor mimicking lung cancer %K %X Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are sarcomas originating from the cells constituting the nerve sheaths such as Schwann cells, perineural cells or fibroblasts. They represent approximately 5-10% of all soft tissue sarcomas. They have been rarely observed in the lung. We describe a rare case of primary lung MPNST in an elderly male patient, in which surgical approach has obtained a good control of the disease. Immuno-histochemical and molecular analyses have been required on the surgical specimen due to inadequate possibility of recognition through morphology alone. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/1448 %V 5 %N 4 %P E155-E157 %@ 2077-6624