Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor historical perspective

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Marjan Khan M.B.B.S.[2]

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NF1-like cutaneous tumor syndromes appeared in the literature in 1880s, when Friedrich von Recklinghausen published seminal observations detailing cutaneous tumors comprised of both neuronal and fibroblastic tissue finally termed as neurofibromas.