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Pediatric Spasticity, Kavita Parikh, Olga Morozova, Melanie Anspacher, Neha Shah
Pediatric Spasticity, Kavita Parikh, Olga Morozova, Melanie Anspacher, Neha Shah
Pediatrics Posters and Presentations
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Enteric Feeding Tubes, Rebekah Conroy, Melanie Anspacher, Priti Bhansali, Neha Shah
Enteric Feeding Tubes, Rebekah Conroy, Melanie Anspacher, Priti Bhansali, Neha Shah
Pediatrics Posters and Presentations
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (Mpnst): An Overview With Emphasis On Pathology, Imaging And Management Strategies., Timothy C. Beer
Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (Mpnst): An Overview With Emphasis On Pathology, Imaging And Management Strategies., Timothy C. Beer
Jefferson Hospital Staff Papers and Presentations
MPNSTs are rare malignancies that are classically associated with pre-existing plexiform neurofibromas in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) patients, but also occur in association with radiation as well as sporadically in patients with no known risk factors. The typical presentation of sporadic MPNST is a new painless enlarging mass. The typical presentation of MPNST in an NF-1 patient is rapid enlargement or new onset of pain associated with a pre-existing plexiform neurofibroma. Although both MPNST and benign neurofibromas share in common the absence of neurofibromin function due to loss of both NF-1 alleles, malignant transformation to MPNST requires several additional aberrations, …