Primary Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Breast—A Case Report

Mushtaq Chalkoo, Shahnawaz Ahangar, Asim Rafiq Laharwal, Aasim Mushtaq Patloo, Abbass Mohd, Shabir Ahmed Dar

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DOI: 10.4236/ss.2011.23028                

Abstract

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a rare soft tissue sarcoma. Breast is an extremely rare location of this lesion and presentation as a breast lump in the absence of pain or previous benign neural tumor is even rarer. We report such a lesion in a 60 year-old female who presented with hard and painless breast lump for 2 years. Histopathology revealed a malignant spindle cell tumor of low grade potential. It was subsequently confirmed to be malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) on the basis of immunopositivity for vimentin, neurone specific enolase and S-100.

Keywords

Breast Lump; Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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