Abstract:Malignant nerve sheath tumors are extremely rare pathologies. They tend to occur within peripheral nerves and have close association of neurofibromatosis disease. Here, we present the second case of MNST of oculomotor nerve in literature. The patient was a 2-year-old girl with left sided oculomotor nerve palsy. After resection, the patient immediately had chemotherapy and radiotherapy. One year after surgery disease progressed with extensive intracranial seedings, and she passed away.
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.