Malignant nerve sheath tumour arising in a benign ancient schwannoma

S A Rasbridge; N L Browse; J R Tighe; C D Fletcher

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.1989.tb02189.x

Malignant nerve sheath tumour arising in a benign ancient schwannoma

Histopathology. 1989 May;14(5):525-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1989.tb02189.x.

Authors

S A Rasbridge¹, N L Browse, J R Tighe, C D Fletcher

Affiliation

¹ Department of Histopathology, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

PMID: 2737622
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1989.tb02189.x

Abstract

A malignant nerve sheath tumour arising in a longstanding benign schwannoma in a 75-year-old woman is described. Malignant change of this kind is extremely rare; there appear to be only four convincing previously reported cases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology*
Humans
Neurilemmoma / pathology*