Volume 34, Issue 2, January 2018, Pages 79–82
Rezgani Mona1, Adouni Olfa2, Hadiji Achref3, Bettaieb Ilhem4, Goucha Ahlem5, Ben Abdallah Fakher6, Jaidane Olfa7, Ghalleb Montassar8, Bouzaiène Hatem9, Rahal Khaled10, Ben Hassouna Jamel11, and Gamoudi Amor12
1 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
2 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
3 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
4 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
5 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
6 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
7 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
8 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
9 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
10 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
11 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
12 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Original language: English
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic disease characterized by changes in skin pigmentation and the growth of tumors along nerves in the skin, brain, and other parts of the body. Neurofibromas are the most common benign tumours of Neurofibromatosis type 1 developing at any point along a nerve with a neuro-cutanous tropism. This genetic affection is an autosomal dominant disorder with complete penetrance and an important phenotypic variability. Disease manifestations occur at the childhood mostly before five years. Nevertheless, many de novo cases remain undiagnosed well into adult life. Neurofibroma that occur in the breast and constitute a revealing signs of the disease at adulthood are extremely rare. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman presenting a neurofibroma of the breast revealing Neurofibromatosis type 1.
Author Keywords: Neurofibroma, breast, Von Recklingenhausen.
Rezgani Mona1, Adouni Olfa2, Hadiji Achref3, Bettaieb Ilhem4, Goucha Ahlem5, Ben Abdallah Fakher6, Jaidane Olfa7, Ghalleb Montassar8, Bouzaiène Hatem9, Rahal Khaled10, Ben Hassouna Jamel11, and Gamoudi Amor12
1 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
2 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
3 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
4 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
5 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
6 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
7 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
8 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
9 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
10 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
11 Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
12 Service d’anatomie pathologique, Institut Salah Azaiz, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Original language: English
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic disease characterized by changes in skin pigmentation and the growth of tumors along nerves in the skin, brain, and other parts of the body. Neurofibromas are the most common benign tumours of Neurofibromatosis type 1 developing at any point along a nerve with a neuro-cutanous tropism. This genetic affection is an autosomal dominant disorder with complete penetrance and an important phenotypic variability. Disease manifestations occur at the childhood mostly before five years. Nevertheless, many de novo cases remain undiagnosed well into adult life. Neurofibroma that occur in the breast and constitute a revealing signs of the disease at adulthood are extremely rare. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman presenting a neurofibroma of the breast revealing Neurofibromatosis type 1.
Author Keywords: Neurofibroma, breast, Von Recklingenhausen.
How to Cite this Article
Rezgani Mona, Adouni Olfa, Hadiji Achref, Bettaieb Ilhem, Goucha Ahlem, Ben Abdallah Fakher, Jaidane Olfa, Ghalleb Montassar, Bouzaiène Hatem, Rahal Khaled, Ben Hassouna Jamel, and Gamoudi Amor, “Neurofibroma of the breast revealing a Von Recklingenhausen disease: a case report,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 79–82, January 2018.
