Schwannoma: an unexpected diagnosis from a breast lump

Schwannomas or neurilemmomas are benign neoplasms of the Schwann cells in neural sheaths. They may arise in any nerve in the body and occur frequently in the head and neck region or extremities. While breast lumps and schwannomas are very common, mammary schwannomas are exceedingly scarce with <3...

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Autores principales: Tan, Qing Ting, Chuwa, Esther Wee Lee, Chew, Sung Hock, Hong, Ga Sze
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150249/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju085
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author Tan, Qing Ting
Chuwa, Esther Wee Lee
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Hong, Ga Sze
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description Schwannomas or neurilemmomas are benign neoplasms of the Schwann cells in neural sheaths. They may arise in any nerve in the body and occur frequently in the head and neck region or extremities. While breast lumps and schwannomas are very common, mammary schwannomas are exceedingly scarce with <30 cases reported in the literature. We describe a case of a breast schwannoma in a 37-year-old female and review the literature surrounding this rare occurrence.
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spelling pubmed-41502492014-09-03 Schwannoma: an unexpected diagnosis from a breast lump Tan, Qing Ting Chuwa, Esther Wee Lee Chew, Sung Hock Hong, Ga Sze J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Schwannomas or neurilemmomas are benign neoplasms of the Schwann cells in neural sheaths. They may arise in any nerve in the body and occur frequently in the head and neck region or extremities. While breast lumps and schwannomas are very common, mammary schwannomas are exceedingly scarce with <30 cases reported in the literature. We describe a case of a breast schwannoma in a 37-year-old female and review the literature surrounding this rare occurrence. Oxford University Press 2014-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4150249/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju085 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Schwannoma: an unexpected diagnosis from a breast lump
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