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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the paranasal sinuses and the anterior skull base

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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour represents 10% of all soft tissue sarcomas, only 10% of which occur in the head and neck, which makes it a rare entity.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Head/Neck & Skull Base Surgery, Maadi Armed Forces Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 11711

    Amr Hegab MS, FRCS, MD, Mohammed Kenawy & Martha El-Amir

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Hegab, A., Kenawy, M. & El-Amir, M. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour of the paranasal sinuses and the anterior skull base. Egypt J Otolaryngol 28, 281–288 (2012). https://doi.org/10.7123/01.EJO.0000418459.98768.74

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