title: Retroperitoneal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with scoliosis in neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis 1 is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by distinctive clinical problems including scoliosis and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. We present two cases of retroperitoneal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor associated with scoliosis in neurofibromatosis. Presence of spinal deformity resulted in delay of the diagnosis of the sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Radiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahimachi 1-751, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed