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Benign schwannoma of the breast: Report of a case

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We report herein the case of a 62-year-old woman who presented to our hospital for investigation of occasional pain in her left breast. Although there was no mass palpable in her left breast, mammography and ultrasonography revealed a round tumor in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. Although the mammography findings indicated that the tumor was benign, the possibility of a malignant neoplasm could not be ruled out by the ultrasonographic images. A final diagnosis of schwannoma was established by histopathological examination of the excised mass.

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  1. First Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, 860, Kumamoto-shi, Japan

    Kazutaka Tokita

  2. Kumamoto Central Clinic, 1-2-24-2 Kuhonji, 860, Kumamoto-shi, Japan

    Akira Nakano

  3. Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, 515 Chikami-machi, Kumamoto-shi, 861-41, Kumamoto, Japan

    Syuji Suko

  4. Yamaga Municipal Hospital, 511 Yamaga, Yamaga-shi, 861-05, Kumamoto, Japan

    Masanobu Arase

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Tokita, K., Nakano, A., Suko, S. et al. Benign schwannoma of the breast: Report of a case. Surg Today 26, 449–452 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311936

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