malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
- malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
- a malignant type of schwannoma whose appearance is superficially similar to that of a fibrosarcoma; it may occur in association with neurofibromatosis that is undergoing malignant transformation. Called also malignant schwannoma, neurofibrosarcoma, and neurogenic sarcoma.
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