Chest wall malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a 21-year old female

Sudhakar, Deepthi
Nelson, Lars
Herrera, Luis

¹University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida, USA
²Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida, USA
³Department of Thoracic Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA

Luis Herrera, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, 1400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando FL 32806 USA. Email: [email protected]

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 23(2):p 227-228, February 2015. | DOI: 10.1177/0218492314523625

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are aggressive sarcomas that derive from peripheral nerve cells and are associated with a poor prognosis. We report a rare case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the anterior chest wall of a 21-year-old female. The patient underwent induction chemotherapy, and resection of the mass with negative margins. She subsequently underwent radiation therapy.