title: Association of GIST, breast cancer and schwannoma in a 60-year-old woman affected by type-1 von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis (NF1 or von Recklinghausen's disease) is a common autosomal dominant disease associated with a higher incidence of neoplasms than in the general population. We report the case of a 60-year-old woman affected by NF1 who was coincidentally diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a breast carcinoma and a peripheral nervous system tumor.
authors.affiliation: UO Oncologia Medica, Ospedale di Circolo Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy. roberta_invernizzi@libero.it
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Invernizzi
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Graziella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinotti
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000473:pathology*; D016514:Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology