Share:
Share this content in WeChat
X
Case Report
A case of malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors in the thoracic spinal canal and review of the literature
HUANG Weitao  HAN Xiaowei  ZHU Xisong 

Cite this article as HUANG W T, HAN X W, ZHU X S. A case of malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors in the thoracic spinal canal and review of the literature[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(5): 162-164, 167. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.05.025.


[Keywords] spinal canal;dura mater;malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors;magnetic resonance imaging

HUANG Weitao1   HAN Xiaowei2   ZHU Xisong2*  

1 Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310000, China

2 Department of Radiology, The Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou 324000, China

Corresponding author: ZHU X S, E-mail: zhuxisong@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2024-01-30
Accepted  2024-03-21
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.05.025
Cite this article as HUANG W T, HAN X W, ZHU X S. A case of malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors in the thoracic spinal canal and review of the literature[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(5): 162-164, 167. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.05.025.

[1]
JO V Y, FLETCHER C D M. WHO classification of soft tissue tumours: an update based on the 2013 (4th) edition[J]. Pathology, 2014, 46(2): 95-104. DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000050.
[2]
TORRES-MORA J, DRY S, LI X M, et al. Malignant melanotic schwannian tumor: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and gene expression profiling study of 40 cases, with a proposal for the reclassification of "melanotic schwannoma"[J]. Am J Surg Pathol, 2014, 38(1): 94-105. DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182a0a150.
[3]
SBARAGLIA M, BELLAN E, DEI TOS A P. The 2020 WHO Classification of Soft Tissue Tumours: news and perspectives[J]. Pathologica, 2021, 113(2): 70-84. DOI: 10.32074/1591-951X-213.
[4]
ZHANG K J. Clinicopathological analysis of 2 cases with malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor[DB/OL]. China Clinical Case Database, (2023-02-12) [2023-02-12]. https://rs.yiigle.com/cmaid/1446740. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cmcr.2023.e00530
[5]
HAMMAD R M. Malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors: a review of clinicopathologic and molecular characteristics[J]. J Microsc Ultrastruct, 2022, 11(3): 125-129. DOI: 10.4103/jmau.jmau_5_22.
[6]
BONOMO G, GANS A, MAZZAPICCHI E, et al. Sporadic spinal psammomatous malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor: A case report and literature review[J]. Front Oncol, 2023, 13: 1100532 [2024-01-29]. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36910634/. DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1100532.
[7]
ALEXIEV B A, CHOU P M, JENNINGS L J. Pathology of melanotic schwannoma[J]. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2018, 142(12): 1517-1523. DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0162-RA.
[8]
BELAKHOUA S M, RODRIGUEZ F J. Diagnostic pathology of tumors of peripheral nerve[J]. Neurosurgery, 2021, 88(3): 443-456. DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyab021.
[9]
WANG L, ZEHIR A, SADOWSKA J, et al. Consistent copy number changes and recurrent PRKAR1A mutations distinguish Melanotic Schwannomas from Melanomas: SNP-array and next generation sequencing analysis[J]. Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 2015, 54(8): 463-471. DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22254.
[10]
YANG H, GAO J B, LIANG P. MRI features of melanotic schwannoma in spinal canal[J]. Chin J Pract Med, 2019, 46(12): 30-32. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-4756.2019.12.008.
[11]
KWOK H, HAMEED M, HWANG S. Magnetic resonance imaging features and clinical course of malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumors: single institution experience over two decades[J]. Skeletal Radiol, 2023, 52(2): 205-214. DOI: 10.1007/s00256-022-04171-w.
[12]
LIU E T, SUN T T, LIU C, et al. Giant melanotic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the pelvis: contrast-enhanced CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT finding[J]. Clin Nucl Med, 2019, 44(11): 895-897. DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002677.
[13]
SOLOMOU G, DULANKA SILVA A H, WONG A, et al. Extramedullary malignant melanotic schwannoma of the spine: case report and an up to date systematic review of the literature[J]. Ann Med Surg, 2020, 59: 217-223. DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.10.003.
[14]
HU L, WANG C. Intramedullary melanotic schwannoma of the cervical spine: a case report and literature review[J]. Mol Clin Oncol, 2018, 8(4): 567-570. DOI: 10.3892/mco.2018.1584.
[15]
BENSON J C, MARAIS M D, FLANIGAN P M, et al. Malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor[J]. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2022, 43(12): 1696-1699. DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7691.
[16]
FANG H Z, HU M Y, PAN B T, et al. Analysis of magnetic resonance imaging findings and clinicopathologic features of sacral Schwannoma[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imag, 2019, 10(1): 42-47. DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2019.01.008.
[17]
WILLIAMS E A, SHAH N, DANZIGER N, et al. Clinical, histopathologic, and molecular profiles of PRKAR1A-inactivated melanocytic neoplasms[J]. J Am Acad Dermatol, 2021, 84(4): 1069-1071. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.050.

PREV A self-attention-based deep learning model predicts the progression of new bone formation in the sacroiliac joints of patients with axial spondylarthritis on MRI
NEXT Benign notochordal cell tumor of the lumbar spine: One case report
  



Tel & Fax: +8610-67113815    E-mail: editor@cjmri.cn