TY - JOUR
TI - Malignant triton tumour of the anterior mediastinum as incidental finding
AU - Zisis, C.
AU - Fragoulis, S.
AU - Rontogianni, D.
AU - Stratakos, G.
AU - Bellenis, I.
JO - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series
PY - 2006
VL - 65
TODO - 4
SP - 222-224
PB - PI-ME Tipografia Editrice S.r.l.
SN - null
TODO - 10.4081/monaldi.2006.553
TODO - 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
TODO - 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.
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