Traumatic neuroma in a patient with breast cancer after mastectomy: a case report and review of the literature
| Autor: | Xiao qu Hu, Quan Li, Hong ye Hu, Er li Gao, Yin long Yang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Breast surgery lcsh:Surgery Case Report Breast Neoplasms Traumatic neuroma lcsh:RC254-282 Neuroma Breast cancer Postoperative Complications Biopsy medicine Carcinoma otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Neoplasms Post-Traumatic Mastectomy Recurrent Breast Carcinoma medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Carcinoma Ductal Breast lcsh:RD1-811 lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens medicine.disease Prognosis Surgery Review Literature as Topic Oncology Female business |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Surgical Oncology World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 35 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 1477-7819 |
| Popis: | The incidence of traumatic neuroma is extremely low, especially in those patients with breast cancer after mastectomy. There are only 10 cases reported in the literature. We report a patient who developed a palpable nodular mass near the mastectomy scar. The result of excisional biopsy was traumatic neuroma. Review of the literature reveal 10 cases with breast cancer of traumatic neuromas after mastectomy. Traumatic neuroma is a benign lesion and a reparative response of the nerve to injury, either direct/indirect trauma or chronic inflammation. Benign lesions as traumatic neuromas are more rarely seen after mastectomy. However, in order to manage patients' treatment, the most critical problem is to distinguish it from recurrent breast carcinoma. Although assistant examination methods such as ultrasound and computed tomography are valuable to a certain extent, the final diagnosis can only be confirmed on pathologic examination. |
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