Malignant peripheral nerve tumor

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of breast in patient without Von Recklinghausen’s neurofibromatosis: a case report.” (J Med Assoc Thai. 2006 Mar;89(3):377-9). Authors are Thanapaisal C, Koonmee S and Siritunyaporn S from the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) of the breast without Von Recklinghausen’s neurofibromatosis (VRN) is extremely rare. The authors report a 19 year-old woman who presented with a 12 month history of a painless mass of the left breast. Tissue biopsy was performed. The histologic diagnosis was made with immunohistochemical study. The patient was referred for radiation therapy after simple mastectomy. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.