title: Malignant triton tumor of the acoustic nerve. Case report.
abstract: The authors present the clinical, radiological, pathological features, and autopsy findings of a patient with malignant triton tumor of the acoustic nerve, which probably arose from a pre-existing acoustic schwannoma. The term "malignant triton tumor" is applied to malignant schwannomas with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. A cerebellopontine angle tumor with spinal drop metastasis occurred in this patient 10 months after near-total removal of the original tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed