Table 1.

Clinical datas for reported cases of traumatic neuroma after mastectomy for breast cancer

Source	Age(yr)	Period of neuroma after mastectomy(yr)	The amount and diameter of nodules	Location	Ultrasound description	Pain
Present case	45	2	One; φ = 0.5	Close to the mastectomy scar	Well circumscribed, echo-heterogeneous, subcutaneous nodular lesion	-
Xing Wang et al,	68	7.5	One; φ = 0.7 cm	Close to the mastectomy scar	Well circumscribed, homogeneous, hypo-echoic	-
2007[5]					subcutaneous nodular lesion
Xing Wang et al,	45	2.83	Three;φ = 0.8 cm, 0.6 cm, 0.4 cm	Close to the mastectomy scar	Three well defined, homogeneous,	-
2007[5]					hypo-echoic nodules
Xing Wang et al,	57	8	One; φ = 0.7 cm	Subclavicular	Poorly defined hypo-echoic nodule with	-
2007[5]					good conduction
Xing Wang et al,	43	4	One; φ = 1.0 cm	Axilla	Poorly defined hypo-echoic nodule with	-
2007[5]					good conduction
Xing Wang et al,	41	8	One; φ = 1.0 cm	Subclavicular	Homogeneous, hypo-echoic subcutaneous	-
2007[5]					nodular lesion
Xing Wang et al,	52	3	One; φ = 0.9 cm	Close to the mastectomy scar	Well defined, homogeneous, hypo-echoic	-
2007[5]					subcutaneous nodular lesion
Rosso R et al,	55	2.33	One; φ = 0.4 cm	Close to the mastectomy scar	Not mentioned	-
2000[4]
Rosso R et al,	67	4.17	One; φ = 0.6 cm	Close to the mastectomy scar	Not mentioned	-
2000[4]
B Baltalarli et al	54	2	One; φ = 1.0 cm	On the mastectomy scar	Well circumscribed, homogeneous, hypo-	-
2004[7] Kim EY et al, 2011[8]	47	14	One; φ = 1.0 cm	In the 9 o'clock position in the right chest wall	echoic subcutaneous nodular lesions Oval, circumscribed, hypo-echoic nodule with a partially microlobulated margin	-

φ = diameter -: Negative