Author/Authors :
Shin, Sung Hee Department of Radiology - Kyungpook National University Hospital - Daegu, Korea , Kim, Hye Jung Department of Radiology - School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University - Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital - Daegu, Korea , Kim, Won Hwa Department of Radiology - School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University - Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital - Daegu, Korea , Kim, See Hyung Department of Radiology - School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University - Kyungpook National University Hospital - Daegu, Korea , Lee, Jeeyeon Department of Surgery - School of Medicine - Kyungpook National University - Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital - Daegu, Korea , Park, Ji Young Department of Pathology - School of Medicine - Kyungpook National University - Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital - Daegu, Korea
Abstract :
Although schwannoma may occur in any organ, it very seldom appears as an interpectoral lesion and rarely arises in the brachial
plexus. We here report the case of a breast cancer patient with a schwannoma located in the interpectoral space that mimicked a
metastatic lymph node with various imaging modalities, including ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positronemission
tomography/computed tomography. Awareness of its location and imaging features on various modalities is helpful for
identifying schwannoma mimicking a metastatic interpectoral lymph node in breast cancer patients without axillary level I lymph
node metastasis.
Keywords :
Brachial Plexus , Breast Neoplasms , Lymphatic Metastasis , Neurilemmoma
