title: Rare case of chest wall schwannoma with destruction of rib, masquerading as a breast mass.
abstract: Schwannomas are slow growing, benign, nerve sheath tumours of Schwann cell origin. They predominantly involve head, neck and flexor surfaces of upper and lower extremities, while the chest wall is an uncommon location for schwannomas. Schwannomas may rarely cause erosion of adjacent bone. We are reporting a very rare case of a chest wall schwannoma with destruction of rib which occurred in a 35-year-old female patient, which initially presented as a breast mass and was radiologically misinterpreted as a malignant soft tissue tumour.
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Ananya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Moumita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College , Kolkata, India .
authors.forename: Anup Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Boler
keywords: S-100 protein; Verocay bodies