Avtor/Urednik     Botros, Maikel; Chang, Kenneth; Miller, Robert; Krishnan, Sunil; Iott, Matthew
Naslov     Recurrent invasive lobular carcinoma presenting as a ruptured breast implant: case report
Prevedeni naslov     Ponovitev invazivnega lobularnega raka dojke pri bolnici z rupturo implantata dojke
Tip     članek
Vir     Radiol Oncol
Vol. in št.     Letnik 46, št. 1
Leto izdaje     2012
Obseg     str. 23-7
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Background. For years, the treatment for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) has been mastectomy secondary to the lack of studies investigating the efficacy of breast conservation therapy on patients afflicted with ILC and due to the lack of long-term follow up investigating locoregional recurrence in this patient population. In this article we report the clinical course of a patient diagnosed with ILC. Case report. We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman with stage IIB (T2N1M0) ER/PR positive right breast ILC who underwent a right modified radical mastectomy, postoperative chemotherapy, a prophylactic left simple mastectomy with bilateral breast reconstruction and tamoxifen. Approximately 12 years later, she presented with a deflated breast implant and recurrent breast cancer with metastatic spread. She received palliative radiotherapy then palliative chemotherapy. Unfortunately, she succumbed to the cancer less than a year after being diagnosed with metastatic disease. Conclusions. This may be the first case report of a ruptured breast implant presenting at the same time as the diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer.
Deskriptorji     BREAST NEOPLASMS
MASTECTOMY
BREAST IMPLANTS
NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL
CARCINOMA, LOBULAR
MIDDLE AGE