Radiologic manifestation of the malignant peripheral nerve sheet tumor involving the brachial plexus.

Radiol Case Rep

Department of Radiology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Drexel University, 230 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.

Published: September 2017

A 63-year-old African American female with history of bilateral breast cancer status after lumpectomy and radiation therapy presented with right hand, wrist, and arm pain. She was found to have a right axillary mass and a large lesion in the right brachial plexus. A biopsy of the brachial plexus mass came back as a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. This case report illustrates the critical value of multiple imaging modalities in definitive diagnosis of this rare pathologic entity.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.02.006DOI Listing

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