Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor In Perineal Region

Recep Anlatıcı; Fazilet Kayaselçuk; Cenk Akçalı; Turgut Noyan

doi:10.58600/eurjther.2007-13-2-1381-arch

Authors

Recep Anlatıcı Gaziantep Amerikan Hastanesi Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi
Fazilet Kayaselçuk Başkent Üniversitesi Patoloji ABD
Cenk Akçalı Gaziantep Üniversitesi Dermatoloji ABD
Turgut Noyan Başkent Üniversitesi Genel Cerrahi ABD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58600/eurjther.2007-13-2-1381-arch

Keywords:

Epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, Perineal region

Abstract

Epithelioid malignant schwannoma is an uncommon variant of malignant schwannoma. There are a few published articles about epithelioid malignant schwannoma in literature. A 38- year-old woman who had a necrotic and ulcerated, bad smelt mass with a size of 30x25x20 cm, at her right perineal region that invaded right labium majus was hospitalized. The patient was underwent large resection and ipsilateral inferior epigastric artery based vertical rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap to reconstruct the defect. The patient referred to the Oncology Department for chemotherapy. She died within 3 months after the first operation. because of metastasis.

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