A Rare Case of Chest Wall Schwannoma with Destruction of Rib, Masquerading as A Breast Mass
Published: June 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4416
Saikat Datta, Ananya Pal, Moumita Maiti, Anup Kumar Boler
1. Resident, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, India.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Saikat Datta,
Doctors’ QTR (Room No-14), N.R.S. Medical College, 25 Dixon Lane, Kolkata- 700014, India.
Phone: 09477011049, E-mail: drsaikatdatta@gmail.com
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.
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