title: [Primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the lung; report of a case].
abstract: We report a patient with primary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) of the lung. A 84-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. The computed tomography( CT) of the chest revealed a 6 cm tumor close to the posterior chest wall in the left thorax. He was followed-up because a benign tumor from posterior mediastinum was suspected. But the CT after 17 months showed the tumor enlargement. We performed complete resection under video-assisted thoracic surgery. It arose from the left lower lobe and was diagnosed as primary MPNST of the lung by immuno-histopathological examination. MPNSTs have a poor prognosis with tendency to recur. Although there is no sign of recurrence a year after surgery, we should follow-up carefully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yabuki
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Shigefumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujimura
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome