Malignant triton tumor of the anterior mediastinum: A case report

Ren,Wei; Xu,Xinyun; Yan,Jing; Qian,Xiaoping; Liu,Baorui

doi:10.3892/ol.2014.1787

Malignant triton tumor of the anterior mediastinum: A case report

Authors:
- Wei Ren
- Xinyun Xu
- Jing Yan
- Xiaoping Qian
- Baorui Liu
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Affiliations: Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Clinical Medical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China, The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University and Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China
Published online on: January 9, 2014 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.1787
Pages: 807-810

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Abstract

Malignant triton tumors (MTTs) are a rare subtype of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) showing rhabdomyoblastic differentiation, which have no treatment consensus and a poor prognosis. This case report presented the case of a 42‑year‑old male patient with a large MTT located in the anterior mediastinum. The patient underwent palliative chemoradiotherapy and interstitial chemotherapy and received traditional Chinese medicine. Localization of an MTT in the anterior mediastinum is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the fourth study of an MTT localized in the anterior mediastinum that has been documented in the English literature.

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