Abstract
A case of von Recklinghausen's disease with breast cancer is reported. 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital 7 months after she noted a tumor in her left breast. The preoperative classification was T2N1bM0, Stage II. Standard radical mastectomy was carried out. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy could hardly be performed. The patient complained of lumbago 6 months after the operation, and a bone scintigram showed multiple bone metastasis. The reasons for the advanced stage and poor postoperative course were thought to be the patient's breast tumor resembled a skin tumor and she could not understand the methods of treating her breast cancer because of her mental retardation.
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