SARCOMAS OF PERIPHERAL NERVES AND SOMATIC SOFT TISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (VON RECKLINGHAUSENS DISEASE)
SARCOMAS OF PERIPHERAL NERVES AND SOMATIC SOFT TISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS (VON RECKLINGHAUSENS DISEASE)
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DOI:
10.1002/1097-0142(196308)16:8
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
SOULE, EH
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作者:
DAGOSTINO, AM;MILLER, RH;SOULE, EH
The clinical and pathological findings are presented for 21 patients with multiple neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen''s disease) complicated by the development of malignant tumors of nerves and somatic soft tissue. The malignant tumors were divided into 2 types on a histological basis, namely 12 uniform spindle cell sarcomas (malignant neurilemomas) and 9 pleomorphic sarcomas. Three of the latter were rhabdomyosarcomas; 1, a liposarcoma; and 5 were unclassified. That malignant transformation follows surgical procedures on benign neurofibromas was not substantiated by our study. No accurate incidence could be established for malignant transformation in patients with multiple neurofibromatosis. In 12 instances, both neurofibromas and malignant tumors were present but in only 2 tumors were the malignant and benign tissues intimately associated. Two patients are known to be alive, 1 for 13 1/2 years and 1 for 3 years, following surgical excision. The course of 2 patients is unknown to us. The remaining 17 patients are dead, 16 as a result of the tumors and 1 from metastatic hypernephroma 1 1/2 years after excision of the sarcoma. The location and the histological type of the sarcoma did not seem to have any direct bearing on prognosis. There is no evidence in our study that sarcomas associated with multiple neurofibromatosis are less malignant or metastasize less frequently than do other types of sarcoma. The onset of pain or the rapid enlargement of a pre-existing mass or formation of a new mass, particularly in the deep soft tissues should suggest the onset of cancer. Prompt, radical, ablative surgery appears to offer the only salvation for the patient.