title: Malignant triton tumor of the right vagus.
abstract: We report on the successful surgical resection of a mediastinal malignant triton tumor of the vagus, an exceedingly rare tumor in this location. Malignant triton tumor is a subtype of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, in which the characteristic histologic finding is of rhabdomyoblastic differentiation among schwannoma cells. A 35-year-old man with associated neurofibromatosis type-1 underwent surgical resection and has been followed up for 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, England. a.bose@talk21.com
authors.forename: Amal K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: Anand P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Deodhar
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve