Massive phrenic perineurioma mimicking an unresectable cardiac tumor.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the phrenic nerve are rare. A 24-year-old woman presented with a massive perineurioma of the phrenic nerve that invaded the pericardium and left heart. Diagnosis, surgical treatment, and 1-year follow-up are discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Neoplasms
- Neurilemmoma
- Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms
- Phrenic Nerve