Solitary neurofibroma in the male breast

BACKGROUND: Neurofibroma of the male breast outside of neurofibromatosis is extremely rare with only one previous case having been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 48 year old male patient with a neurofibroma in the breast presenting with gynaecomastia is reported. Clinical and mammogram findings with...

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Autores principales: Jeyaretna, Deva S, Oriolowo, Adewunmi, Smith, Mark EF, Watkins, Roger M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1808458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17324294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-23
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Neurofibroma of the male breast outside of neurofibromatosis is extremely rare with only one previous case having been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 48 year old male patient with a neurofibroma in the breast presenting with gynaecomastia is reported. Clinical and mammogram findings with fine needle aspiration cytology and full histology are presented. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge this is only the second case of a neurofibroma in a male breast in the English literature and the first report to include the mammographic findings.

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