Case Report

Radiation-Induced Peripheral Malignant Nerve Sheath Tumor Arising from Vestibular Schwannoma after Linac-Based Stereotactic Radiation Therapy: A Case Report and Review of Literatures

Table 1

The cases of malignant transformation of VS after stereotactic radiation.

AuthorAge/sexNF2RT techFinal pathologyYears to 2nd tumor

Thomsen et al., 2000 [3]19/FYSRSSarcoma6
Baser et al., 2000 [4]N/AYSRS3 MPNSTs
1 malignant meningioma,
1 malignant ependymoma
(de novo)
N/A
Ho and Kveton, 2002 [5]14/FYSRSRapid growth (no patho)7 months
McEvoy and Kitchen, 2003 [6]22/MYSRSRapid growth (no patho)2
Bari et al., 2002 [7]28/FYSRSMPNST4
Rowe et al., 2008 [8]FYSRSMalignant glioma (de novo)3
Carlson et al., 2010 [9]25/FYSRTRhabdosarcoma (de novo)10
Husseini et al., 2011 [10]20/MYSRSMPNST5
Comey et al., 1998 [11]50/MNSRSTriton5
Shamisa et al., 2001 [12]57/FNSRSGBM (de novo)7.5
Hanabusa et al., 2001 [13]51/FNSRSSarcoma6 months
Shin et al., 2002 [14]26/FNSRSMPNST6
Wilkinson et al., 2004 [15]53/MNSRSMPNST4
Muracciole et al., 2004 [16]61/FNSRSTriton6
Maire et al., 2006 [17]N/ANSRTMPNST19
Balasubramaniam et al., 2007 [18]64/FNSRTGBM (de novo)5
Yang et al., 2010 [19]74/MNSRSSarcoma6
Demetriades et al., 2010 [20]37/MNSRSMPNST10
Akamatsu et al., 2010 [21]67/FNSRSMPNST7.5
Our case 201134/FNSRTMPNST6