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Identifying, Diagnosing, and Grading Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Genetically Engineered Mouse Models
Published on: May 17, 2024
[Peripheral nerve tumors]
F Lapierre1, P Rigoard, M Wager
1Service de neurochirurgie, CHU La Milétrie, 2, rue de La Milétrie, BP 577, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France. f.lapierre@chu-poitiers.fr
Abstract:
Peripheral nerve tumors are most often benign tumors of the nerve sheath; uncommonly they come from the nerve cells or are metastatic tumors. A precise diagnosis is required for well-adapted and effective treatment, as is good knowledge of fibromatosis diseases. In some cases, the diagnosis of the nerve tumor will lead to a diagnosis of phakomatosis. Surgical treatment must be clearly discussed, which, in case of schwannomas gives very good functional results. Primitive malignant tumors remain an unsolved therapeutic problem.
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