Abstract

Doc number: 43

Abstract: Malignant triton tumor (MTT) is defined as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation. Intracranial MTT is extremely rare, and only four cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of MTT occurring in the cerebellopontine angle, and describe its histopathological characteristics, immunohistochemical features, and prognosis.

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Title
A rare case of malignant triton tumor in the cerebellopontine angle
Author
Gong, Li; Liu, Xiao-Yan; Zhang, Wen-Dong; Han, Xiu-Juan; Yao, Li; Zhu, Shao-Jun; Lan, Miao; Li, Yan-Hong; Zhang, Wei
Pages
43
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1746-1596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1038786647
Copyright
© 2012 Gong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.