title: [Mediastinal malignant schwannoma in a patient without Von Recklinghausen disease].
abstract: Malignant tumors of peripheral nerve sheath (malignant Schwannoma) arising in mediastinum are rare, principally in patients without Von Recklinghausen's disease been fever exceptional as symptom of presentation. We present a case of a woman without neurofibromatosis with a malignant Schwannoma in posterior mediastinum who present as fever of unknown origin, and we comment radiological, hystological and inmunnochemical features.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Creagh Cerquera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casado Ramos
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Elizande Eguinoa
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Morales Gil
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pujol de la Llave
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1
vernacular_title: Schwannoma maligno mediastínico en paciente sin enfermedad de Von Recklinghausen.