Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the sino-nasal tract: about an unusual case report

Ismail Boujida; Hafsa Elouazzani; Sabrine Derqaoui; Hicham Belghiti; Zahra Sayad; Malik Boulaades; Fouad Zouaidia; Nadia Cherradi

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjac028

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the sino-nasal tract: about an unusual case report

J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Feb 18;2022(2):rjac028. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac028. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Ismail Boujida^{1

2}, Hafsa Elouazzani^{1

2}, Sabrine Derqaoui^{1

2}, Hicham Belghiti^{1

2}, Zahra Sayad^{2

3}, Malik Boulaades^{2

3}, Fouad Zouaidia^{1

2}, Nadia Cherradi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology HSR, Ibn Sina University Hospital Center, Rabat 10100, Morocco.
² Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed 5 University, Rabat 10100, Morocco.
³ Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital Center, Rabat 10100, Morocco.

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are defined as malignant tumors arising from or differentiating toward the cells of the peripheral nerve sheath. They occur in about 8-16% within the head and neck region. Morphologically, some malignant tumors look like malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, particularly in the head and neck location; however, immunohistochemistry have a great contribution to distinguish between them. This case report is on a 45-year-old woman with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor located in the sino-nasal tract.

Publication types

Case Reports