TY - JOUR AU - La Mantia, Elvira AU - Franco, Renato AU - Cantile, Monica AU - Rocco, Raffaele AU - De Chiara, Annarosaria AU - Martucci, Nicola AU - Rocco, Gaetano PY - 2013 TI - Primary intrapulmonary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor mimicking lung cancer JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 5, No 4 (August 30, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2013 KW - N2 - 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. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/1448