Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회지)

The Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회)
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Traumatic Neuroma in a Breast Cancer Patient After Modified Radical Mastectomy: A Case Report

유방암 환자에서 변형근치유방절제술 후 발생한 외상신경종: 증례 보고

  • Kim, Eun-Young (Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Doo-Kyoung (Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Hee (Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ku-Sang (Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yim, Hyun-Ee (Department of Pathology, Ajou University School of Medicine)
  • 김은영 (아주대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 강두경 (아주대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 김태희 (아주대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 김구상 (아주대학교병원 외과) ;
  • 임현이 (아주대학교병원 병리과)
  • Published : 2011.05.01
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Abstract

Traumatic neuromas are rare benign lesions that develop from non-neoplastic proliferation of axons, schwann cells, and fibroblasts at the proximal end of transected or injured nerves as a result of trauma or surgery. We present the case of a traumatic neuroma in a 47-year-old female who was treated with a right modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer 14 years ago. Ultrasound examination revealed an oval-shaped hypoechoic nodule at the 9-o'clock position in the right chest wall. Color Doppler imaging showed no increased blood flow and a positron emission tomography-computed tomography examination revealed no fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in this nodule. The typical histologic findings were present.

외상신경종은 외상이나 수술 후 손상된 신경의 근위부에서 신경축삭, 슈반세포 및 섬유모세포가 비종양성 증식을 하는 것으로 매우 드문 양성 질환이다. 저자들은 유방암으로 14년 전에 변형근치유방절제술을 시행한 47세 환자의 흉벽에서 발생한 외상신경종을 보고하고자 한다.

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