title: Metastatic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour presenting as a spontaneous extradural haematoma - A case report.
abstract: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours may arise from any cranial or somatic nerve. The median survival with best therapy is 49 months. The present case reports a patient with an MPNST that exhibited an unusually indolent behaviour. Besides this, the patient developed a dural metastasis from the lesion and presented with a spontaneous extra-dural haematoma. This has not been reported hitherto in literature.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) , Pondicherry , India.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) , Pondicherry , India.
authors.forename: Pushkar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pathology , Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) , Pondicherry , India.
authors.forename: Sajini Elizabeth
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) , Pondicherry , India.
authors.forename: Venkatesh S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Madhugiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000556:secondary*; D018331:Nevus, Spindle Cell / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013848:Thigh
keywords: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour; skull metastasis; spontaneous extradural haematoma