Surgical management of peripheral nerve sheath tumours in children, with special consideration of neurofibromatoses.
Julian ZipfelMeizer Al-HaririIsabel GugelKarin Haas-LudeAlexander GrimmSteven WarmannMichael KrimmelVictor-Felix MautnerMarcos TatagibaMartin U SchuhmannPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2020)
Surgery is safe and effective for (neurofibromatosis associated) peripheral nerve sheath tumours in the paediatric population; however, management needs a multidisciplinary setting. We propose early surgical resection in paediatric patients with peripheral nerve sheath tumours with significant growth, or pain, or motor deficit, or suspected malignancy.