title: Massive phrenic perineurioma mimicking an unresectable cardiac tumor.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia 65212, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ewy
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Demmy
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010791:Phrenic Nerve