Publications by authors named "Fakhreddine Ben Abdallah"
Article Synopsis
- Lung cancer is very common and it causes many deaths, but it's rare for it to spread to the skin.
- A 53-year-old man who smoked and had breathing problems found a lump under his skin, and tests showed it was from lung cancer.
- Sadly, even with treatment, he only lived three more months, showing that skin spread from lung cancer is usually a sign that the disease is really serious.
Introduction: The abdominal wall is an extremely rare location for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). Besides presenting a rare location of MPNST, the peculiarity of our case lies in its association with Lynch syndrome, which is to our knowledge the first reported case of its kind.
Presentation Of Case: We present a case report of a 39-year-old male with a personal history of colonic cancer.