title: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of lower lip.
abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare, highly aggressive tumors capable of arising de novo or from preexisting benign neurofibromas or schwannomas. The treatment of choice is surgery. Trunk and extremities are the commonest sites involved. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rarely encountered in head and neck region. Here, we report a patient with MPNST of lower lip who had neither a family history nor stigmata of neurofibromatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Sakarya Yenikent State Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey. drcaner2001@gmail.com
authors.forename: Caner
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Utku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydil
authors.forename: Sezer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulaçoğlu
authors.forename: Gül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kürkçü
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery