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Table 1 Published case reports on malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the breast

From: Unusual primary breast cancer – malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: a case report and review of the literature

Author

Ethnicity

Age in years

Sex

Genetic/Sporadic

Tumor size

Axillary LN involvement

Treatment received

Follow-up (months)

Local recurrence

Distant metastases

Catania et al. (1992) [11]

Italian

(Further information from this article could not be accessed in the scope of our search)

Hauser et al. (1995) [14]

Austrian

27

F

Sporadic

1.2 cm

No

Wide local excision followed by RT (50 Gy over 5 weeks) followed by chemotherapy with doxorubicin, ifosfamide, and dacarbazine

18

No

Sarcomatous pleuritis (10 months after surgery)

Malas et al. (1995) [12]

South African

71

F

NF1

6 cm

No

Mastectomy with axillary clearance followed by RT (40 Gy in 10 alternate day fractions)

24

No

No

Berrada et al. (1998) [15]

French

26

F

Sporadic

8 cm

No

Mastectomy with axillary clearance

16

Yes

Lung and bones (after 11 months)

Medina-Franco et al. (2003) [13]

Mexican

4

F

NF1

2.5 cm

No

Wide local excision followed by RT

No info

No info

No info

Elsaify et al. (2006) [22]

British

18

F

Sporadic

4 cm

No

Wide local excision followed by RT

36

No

No

Thanapaisal et al. (2006) [17]

Thai

19

F

Sporadic

7 cm

No

Simple mastectomy followed by RT

No info

No info

No info

Kim et al. (2006) [16]

Korean

33

F

NF1

(Further information from this article could not be accessed in the scope of our search)

Dhingra et al. (2007) [9]

Indian

38

F

Sporadic

3 cm

No

Lumpectomy

No info

No info

No info

Woo et al. (2007) [19]

Korean

56

F

Sporadic

29 cm

No

Modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection

6

No

No

Wang et al. (2009) [21]

Chinese

62

M

Sporadic

2.6 cm

No

Simple mastectomy followed by RT

No info

No info

No info

Yi et al. (2009) [5]

Korean

59

F

Sporadic

2.5 cm

No

Wide local excision followed by RT

12

No

No

Akhator et al. (2010) [20]

Nigerian

41

F

NF1

10 cm

No

Modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection

7

Yes (after 9 months)

No

Chalkoo et al. (2011) [10]

Indian

60

F

Sporadic

26 cm

No

Simple mastectomy with axillary clearance

1 2

No

No

Manimozhi et al. (2015) [18]

Indian

40

F

No info

No info

No

No info

No info

No info

No info

  1. Abbreviations: F female, info information, LN lymph node, M male, NF1 neurofibromatosis1, RT radiation therapy