Association of GIST, breast cancer and schwannoma in a 60-year-old woman affected by type-1 von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis

Tumori. 2008 Jan-Feb;94(1):126-8. doi: 10.1177/030089160809400123.

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis (NF1 or von Recklinghausen's disease) is a common autosomal dominant disease associated with a higher incidence of neoplasms than in the general population. We report the case of a 60-year-old woman affected by NF1 who was coincidentally diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a breast carcinoma and a peripheral nervous system tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / therapy
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / pathology*
  • Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1 / physiology
  • Humans
  • Ileal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Mammography
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*
  • Neurilemmoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Neurilemmoma / pathology*
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / pathology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology