Table 1.
Published case reports on malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the breast
| 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 |
Abbreviations: F female, info information, LN lymph node, M male, NF1 neurofibromatosis1, RT radiation therapy