Pathology of peripheral nerve sheath tumors: diagnostic overview and update on selected diagnostic problems

• Published in: Acta neuropathologica Vol. 123; no. 3; pp. 295 - 319
• Main Authors: Rodriguez, Fausto J., Folpe, Andrew L., Giannini, Caterina, Perry, Arie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Benign; Children; Data processing; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Differential diagnosis; Gastrointestinal tract; Humans; Hybrids; Kinases; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Melanoma; Muscles; Nerve Sheath Neoplasms - pathology; Neurilemmoma - pathology; Neurofibroma - pathology; Neuropathology; Neurosciences; Oligodendroglia - pathology; Pathology; Peripheral nerves; Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms - pathology; Review; Reviews; Schwann cells; Sheaths; Skeletal muscle; Skull; synovial sarcoma; Tumors; United States > US; San Francisco California; Peripheral nerve; Perineurioma; MPNST; Neurofibroma; Schwannoma

Peripheral nerve sheath tumors are common neoplasms, with classic identifiable features, but on occasion, they are diagnostically challenging. Although well-defined subtypes of peripheral nerve sheath tumors were described early in the history of surgical pathology, controversies regarding the class...