[Cutaneous malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in neurofibromatosis type 1].
Patients with neurofibromatosis have an increased risk of developing malignant tumors in comparison to the general population. We describe a woman who developed a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a pre-existing neurofibroma.
Dietrich
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Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Umweltmedizin, St. Barbara-Hospital, Katholisches Klinikum Duisburg, Barbarastrasse 67, 47167 Duisburg. v.dietrich@gmx.net
Schaller
J
J
Kunze
J
J
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*