@article{3113370,
    title = "Malignant triton tumour of the anterior mediastinum as incidental finding",
    author = "Zisis, C. and Fragoulis, S. and Rontogianni, D. and Stratakos, G. and Bellenis, I.",
    journal = "Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series",
    year = "2006",
    volume = "65",
    number = "4",
    pages = "222-224",
    publisher = "PI-ME Tipografia Editrice S.r.l.",
    doi = "10.4081/monaldi.2006.553",
    keywords = "CD57 antigen;  desmin;  myoglobin;  protein S 100, adjuvant chemotherapy;  adult;  article;  cancer surgery;  case report;  female;  granular cell tumor;  human;  immunoreactivity;  incidental finding;  mediastinum mass;  nerve sheath tumor;  neurogenic tumor;  postoperative care;  sternotomy;  thorax pain;  thorax radiography;  traffic accident;  tumor localization",
    abstract = "A rare case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation (malignant triton tumour) of the anterior mediastinum in a 30-year-old male is reported. The tumour was an incidental finding during the diagnostic work-up following a motor vehicle accident. The patient underwent median sternotomy with a tumour resection performed. Local relapse was suspected one month later, as per the chest CT-scan, and post-operative chemoradiation was applied, which produced a response. Twelve months later the patient is doing well while radiological findings remain invariable. Localization of a triton tumour in the anterior mediastinum, is extremely rare, adjuvant treatment is necessary, recurrence frequently occurs and the prognosis is dismal."
}