Solitary neurofibroma of the breast

Neurofibromas are slow-growing, painless, benign nerve-sheath tumors. They occur most commonly in the dermis and subcutis and are rarely found in the breast. We report a rare case of a solitary neurofibroma of the breast in a 61-year-old asymptomatic woman.

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Autores principales: Thompson, Sherry, Kaplan, Stuart S., Poppiti, Robert J., Collado-Mesa, Fernando, Rabinovich, Katrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330588
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v7i4.462
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author Thompson, Sherry
Kaplan, Stuart S.
Poppiti, Robert J.
Collado-Mesa, Fernando
Rabinovich, Katrina
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description Neurofibromas are slow-growing, painless, benign nerve-sheath tumors. They occur most commonly in the dermis and subcutis and are rarely found in the breast. We report a rare case of a solitary neurofibroma of the breast in a 61-year-old asymptomatic woman.
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spelling pubmed-48995522016-06-18 Solitary neurofibroma of the breast Thompson, Sherry Kaplan, Stuart S. Poppiti, Robert J. Collado-Mesa, Fernando Rabinovich, Katrina Radiol Case Rep Article Neurofibromas are slow-growing, painless, benign nerve-sheath tumors. They occur most commonly in the dermis and subcutis and are rarely found in the breast. We report a rare case of a solitary neurofibroma of the breast in a 61-year-old asymptomatic woman. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4899552/ /pubmed/27330588 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v7i4.462 Text en © 2012 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899552/
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