Breast schwannoma in a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Schwannomas are mostly benign tumors arising from Schwann cells of the nerve sheaths. Breast schwannomas are very rare and account for only 2.6% of cases. As far as we know this is the first reported case of breast schwannoma discovered in a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma....

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Autores principales: Salihoglu, Ayse, Esatoglu, Sinem Nihal, Eskazan, Ahmet Emre, Halac, Metin, Aydin, Seniz Ongoren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23244369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-423
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Schwannomas are mostly benign tumors arising from Schwann cells of the nerve sheaths. Breast schwannomas are very rare and account for only 2.6% of cases. As far as we know this is the first reported case of breast schwannoma discovered in a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The breast schwannoma was evaluated with positron emission tomography and it exhibited moderate 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a breast schwannoma in a 63-year-old Caucasian woman who was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. CONCLUSION: Imaging modalities including positron emission tomography-computed tomography failed to distinguish breast schwannoma from diffuse large B-cell lymphoma involvement of the breast.

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