Two case reports: Breast schwannoma and a rare case of an axillary schwannoma imitating an axillary lymph node metastasis

Radiology Case Reports

Bernd Frericks, MDPhD¹  Wolfgang Hartmann, MD²  Berit Maria Pfitzner, MDPhD²  Christine Boettcher, MD²  Christine Ankel, MD³  Martin Duehrkoop, MD³ 

[1] Corresponding author.;Breast centre, DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, Berlin, Germany;Department of Radiology, DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, Berlin, Germany;

关键词: Breast;    Axilla;    Schwannoma;    Mammography;    MRI;    Ultrasound;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A 79-year-old woman with a newly detected oval circumscribed lump in subcutaneous location on mammography and ultrasound turned out to be a Schwannoma after ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy. A 72-year-old woman with breast cancer in medical history demonstrated a new axillary mass in follow up, initially regarded as a lymph node metastasis. Core needle biopsy did not lead to a sufficient diagnosis. Pathologic examination after intraoperative sampling revealed a Schwannoma. These 2 case reports illustrate the importance of diagnostic imaging and remind to include Schwannomas in the differential diagnosis of breast and axillary masses.

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