Schwannoma in a breast cancer patient mimicking a metastatic interpectoral lymph node with various imaging modalities: A case report

Sung Hee Shin, Hye Jung Kim, Won Hwa Kim, See Hyung Kim, Jeeyeon Lee, Ji Young Park

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Abstract

Although schwannoma may occur in any organ, it very seldom appears as an interpectoral lesion and rarely arises in the brachial plexus. We here report the case of a breast cancer patient with a schwannoma located in the interpectoral space that mimicked a metastatic lymph node with various imaging modalities, including ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positronemission tomography/computed tomography. Awareness of its location and imaging features on various modalities is helpful for identifying schwannoma mimicking a metastatic interpectoral lymph node in breast cancer patients without axillary level I lymph node metastasis.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere91334
JournalIranian Journal of Radiology
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019

Keywords

  • Brachial plexus
  • Breast neoplasms
  • Lymphatic metastasis
  • Neurilemmoma

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