Radiation-Induced Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Vagus Nerve Following Radiation Treatment of Cervical Paraganglioma

J Neurol Surg Rep. 2020 Oct;81(4):e66-e70. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718408. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

Abstract

Radiation-induced sarcoma is a known but rare complication of radiation treatment for skull base paraganglioma. We present the cases of a female patient with multiple paraganglioma syndrome treated with external beam radiation treatment who presented 4 years later with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the vagus nerve.

Keywords: glomus vagale; malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; paraganglioma; radiation; radiation-induced sarcoma; vagus nerve.

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