Anterior mediastinal neurofibrosarcoma-a rare manifestation of neurofibromatosis type-1

Zubair Ahmad; Mohd Ilyas; Gh Mohammad Wani; Sayar Ahmed Taley; Arif Ahmad Wani

doi:10.1007/s12055-018-0673-8

Anterior mediastinal neurofibrosarcoma-a rare manifestation of neurofibromatosis type-1

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct;34(4):510-512. doi: 10.1007/s12055-018-0673-8. Epub 2018 Apr 5.

Authors

Zubair Ahmad¹, Mohd Ilyas¹, Gh Mohammad Wani¹, Sayar Ahmed Taley¹, Arif Ahmad Wani¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190011 India.

Abstract

Anterior mediastinal neurofibroma and neurofibrosarcoma form a rare class of tumors seen in patients of neurofibromatosis. We describe a case of anterior mediastinal neurofibrosarcoma in a known case of neurofibromatosis type-1.

Keywords: Breathlessness; Neurofibromatosis; Neurofibrosarcoma.