Schwannoma of the breast: a report of rare location and a brief literature review

Right breast schwannoma in a male: A rare case report

“…Among peripheral nerve sheath tumors, schwannomas are the common type, usually affecting the young adults in the third decade of life [2] . It was first described by Varocay in 1910 as a neoplasm of the Schwann cells of peripheral nerve sheath, whereas schwannoma in breast was first reported by Collins et al [1] Schwannomas usually occurs as a solitary well-encapsulated masses, of size ranging from 0.7 to 11 cm, the mean and median size being 3.7 cm and 3 cm respectively [2] . Breast schwannomas account for only about 2–3 % of all the schwannomas, whereas only about 0.2 % of all the breast tumors are schwannomas [1] .…”

“…Incidence of breast schwannomas in both male and female are almost equal. Though other breast tumors are mostly present in the upper outer quadrant, schwannomas in breast can affect all the quadrants equally [1] . Because of the rare occurrence of breast schwannomas, there are only few reports regarding the sonographic and the mammographic findings of these tumors [6] .…”

“…Schwannoma, also called neurilemmoma, neurinoma, or lemmocytoma, are the benign, slow growing neoplasms of the schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheath [1] , [2] . These are slow growing tumors that generally affect the young people, and usually presents at third decade of life [3] .…”