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neurofibrosarcoma

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neurofibrosarcoma /neu·ro·fi·bro·sar·co·ma/ (-fi″bro-sahr-ko´mah) a malignant type of schwannoma superficially resembling a fibrosarcoma, sometimes occurring in association with neurofibromatosis that is undergoing malignant transformation.
neurofibrosarcoma
a malignant tumor originating from Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system and seen most commonly in cattle.


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In such patients, the incidence of malignant transformation to neurofibrosarcoma is increased.
The tumour, known as a Neurofibrosarcoma, makes up just one per cent of all cancers, and it grew quickly, resulting in Paul having a 4lb tumour removed from his abdominal area.
Chromosomes 17 and 11 involved in marker formation in neurofibrosarcoma in von Recklinghausen disease: a cytogenetic and in situ hybridization study.
 
 
 
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