title: Intrathoracic malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumour associated with lipoma.
abstract: A 76-year-old woman presented with an intrathoracic malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumour accompanied by mediastinal lipomas. The tumours were resected, but the schwannoma recurred 4 months later. The patient died of pneumonia after a second operation. To our knowledge, this is the first published case of malignant intrathoracic tumour of nerve-sheath origin associated with lipomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsuya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery