Orbital neurofibrosarcoma: a case report

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 1995 Jan;38(1):91-4.

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours of orbit is rare entity. Only sixteen cases are reported in world literature. Bengin schwannomas of the orbit are found in 1.5 to 18 percent of patients with von Recklinghausen's disease (VRD) and form 1 percent of all orbital tumours1. The incidence of malignant transformation in VRD is varies from 5-15 percent of all the cases1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications
  • Neurofibrosarcoma / complications
  • Neurofibrosarcoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Neurofibrosarcoma / pathology*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / complications
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed