Sonographic findings in solitary schwannoma of the breast.
Solitary schwannoma is a benign neoplasm of Schwann cell origin, most frequently occurring in the extremities and the trunk and head regions. The breast is a very unusual site for this tumor. We report a case of benign schwannoma of the breast in a 76-year-old woman. The palpable mass was localized in the lower outer quadrant of the right breast. This intramammary schwannoma appeared sonographically as a well-circumscribed, hypoechoic, slightly inhomogeneous solid mass. Microscopically, it had a pattern similar to that of schwannoma at other sites.
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Department of Radiology, MokDong Hospital, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Choi
H Y
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Lee
S W
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Sung
S H
SH
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary