title: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with Horner's syndrome: a case report.
abstract: We report on a 42-year-old woman with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) arising from the cervical sympathetic nerve. A collar incision and partial sternotomy were performed at the second intercostal space. The mass was spindle shaped and connected to the sympathetic trunk on the cranial and caudal sides, and it compressed the left carotid sheath on the median side. After the patient's uneventful recovery from surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy was administered to the area of resection. The patient remains well 5 years after surgery with no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and General Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ayabe
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nabeshima
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome