Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2022 Dec 21;15(12):e253626.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253626.

Sporadic retromammary schwannoma

Clara Casanova  1 , Ruben Gaio  2 , Nuno Pereira da Silva  2 , Inês Castanheira Abreu  2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Sporadic retromammary schwannoma

Clara Casanova et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Radiology; Screening (oncology).

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
US image showing an oval, circumscribed, hypoechoic, non-calcified nodule with posterior enhancement and without posterior shadowing, measuring 21 mm in the upper-outer quadrant of the left breast adjacent to the pectoralis major. US, ultrasound.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Breast MRI. (A) Axial T1-weighted image shows a well-defined 22 mm isointense lesion (relative to skeletal muscle) with a peripheral rim of fat (split fat sign). (B) Axial T2-weighted image shows an heterogeneously hyperintense encapsulated lesion with low T2 signal centrally (target sign). (C) Fat saturated T1 postcontrast subtraction image shows hyperenhancement after contrast.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Crist J, Hodge JR, Frick M, et al. . Magnetic resonance imaging appearance of schwannomas from head to toe: a pictorial review. J Clin Imaging Sci 2017;7:38. 10.4103/jcis.JCIS_40_17 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Beaman FD, Kransdorf MJ, Menke DM. Schwannoma: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics 2004;24:1477–81. 10.1148/rg.245045001 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Kransdorf MJ, Jelinek JS, Moser RP. Imaging of soft tissue tumors. Radiol Clin North Am 1993;31:359–72. 10.1016/S0033-8389(22)02862-7 - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources