Late intraneural metastasis of the brachial plexus from mammary carcinoma. Report of a case.
A rare case of late intraneural metastasis of the brachial plexus from mammary carcinoma is reported. The lesion was strictly intraneural and had a latency of 29 years and the diagnosis was made incidentally in the course of surgery. The clinicopathological and diagnostic features of the tumor are discussed in the light of the accessible literature.
Artico
M
M
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Scarpinati
M
M
Salvati
M
M
Nucci
F
F
D000368:Aged; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery