1999 Volume 60 Issue 5 Pages 1218-1223
A case of left breast cancer associated with von Recklinghausen's disease is reported. A 47-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a left breast tumor with gradually intensifying pain for two months. The tumor was measured 1.7×1.7×1.8cm in diameter on ultrasonography. Multiple neurofibromas and café au lait spots were noticed scattered on the entire skin surface. After an excisional biopsy, breast cancer was diagnosed and a radical standard mastectomy was performed on January 21, 1992. Histologically, the tumor was an invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the axillary lymph node.
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association)
