Gastric Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor – A Rare Mesenchymal Tumor in the Era o f C - Kit
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Malignant tumors of stomach other than carcinomas are less common. The more frequent of these are lymphomas and Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) of stomach is extremely rare and only five cases have been re ported in literature so far. Here we report a case of a Gastric malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a patient of neurofibromatosis
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Prof Subbiah Shanmugam MS MCh
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