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Shin: A Traumatic Neuroma in Breast Cancer Patient after Mastectomy: A Case Report
Breast Radiology

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology 2013; 69(5): 405-407.

Published online: 8 November 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2013.69.5.405

A Traumatic Neuroma in Breast Cancer Patient after Mastectomy: A Case Report

Suyoung Shin, MD

Department of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Corresponding author: Suyoung Shin, MD. Department of Radiology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 26 Daesingongwon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 602-715, Korea. Tel. 82-51-240-5438, Fax. 82-51-241-5670, s.suyoung@gmail.com

Received 24 June 2013       Accepted 26 July 2013

Copyright © 2013 The Korean Society of Radiology

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Abstract

A traumatic neuroma is a tangle of neural fibers and connective tissues which develop at the end of a proximal nerve stump following the nerve injury. The incidence of traumatic neuroma after breast cancer surgery is extremely low, and so far, there are only 11 cases being reported in literature. We present sonographic and pathologic features of a traumatic neuroma that mimics the recurrent breast carcinoma identified on follow-up ultrasound examinations after breast cancer surgery.

Keywords: Breast, Sonography, Traumatic Neuroma, Mastectomy, Modified Radical

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Fig. 1
A 57-year-old woman with traumatic neuroma of the right chest wall who was treated with a right modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer 12 years ago.
A, B. Transverse (A) and longitudinal (B) sonogram shows a 0.5 cm-sized, oval-shaped, circumscribed, hypoechoic mass located in the right pectoralis major muscle (arrow).
C. The mass shows no vascularity on power Doppler ultrasound.
D. Photomicrograph shows haphazardly distributed nerve fascicles surrounded by fibro-adipose tissues which are composed of axons, schwann cells, and some fibroblasts (H&E stain, × 100).
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