Angiosarcoma arising from malignant schwannoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis.

Brown, R W; Tornos, C; Evans, H L · Cancer · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 20-year-old man with von Recklinghausen disease had a right neck mass. Pathologic examination at excision showed angiosarcoma arising in a malignant schwannoma of the cervical brachial plexus. Comparison with previous reports revealed that angiosarcoma is a rare, highly aggressive sarcomatous element in malignant schwannoma arising in patients with neurofibromatosis (NF).

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