Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Arising in Salivary Glands: A Clinicopathologic Study

This study is a retrospective, clinicopathologic review of 9 cases of PNST (5 neurofibromas, 3 schwannomas and 1 malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)) arising from the salivary glands, encountered between 1990–2015. All patients with neurofibromas were male (ages 1–62 years) and had a single parotid lesion of which two were diffuse, two plexiform and one mixed diffuse/plexiform. Four had a history of neurofibromatosis I.
Source: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Source Type: research