title: Malignant triton tumor of cervical spine with hemorrhage.
abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve-sheath tumours (MPNST) with a rhabdomyomatous component are referred to as malignant triton tumours. Cervical tritons are rare, with only one previous report. We present a 28-year-old male patient with a malignant triton tumor involving the cervical spine with neurofibromatosis Type 1 presenting with symptoms of rapidly progressive cord compression. Radiology was suggestive of a MPNST with hemorrhage at the C2-C3 level. He underwent surgery with decompression of the intradural, and a small part of the extradural, component. To our knowledge this is the first report of a cervical triton tumor presenting with an intratumoral bleed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Savitr B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sastri
authors.forename: Dwarakanath
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.forename: Chandramouli B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Anandappa
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shankar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery