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Neurofibroma

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Painful subcutaneous mass lesion along with the left shoulder posterior aspect.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Female
mri

There is a 15 x 20 x 30 mm abnormal signal (low on T1 and high on T2/PD fs) superficial soft tissue mass lesion with adhesion to the deltoid muscle posterior fibers.

Case Discussion

The lesion was removed and histopathological examinations revealed:

Microscopic: Sections show fragments of skin, underlying subcutaneous fatty tissue, and ill-defined foci of proliferated bland spindle cells in the collagenous background. There is no evidence of malignancy.

Final dignosis: Neurofibroma

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