2007 Volume 21 Issue 7 Pages 922-925
We report a patient with intrathoracic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) associated with hemothorax. A 22-year-old woman with von Recklinghausen's disease was admitted to our hospital because of chest pain and dyspnea. Computed tomography revealed the shape of a tumor with a diameter of 12cm and bloody pleural effusion in the left pleural cavity, and needle biopsy demonstrated with a MPNST. We combined tumor resection with the left lower lobectomy , and the patient was discharged 7 days after surgery. MPNST has a poor prognosis even on careful surveillance, because it may cause hemothorax and take a fatal course.
