Reduction mammaplasty with discovery of occult breast carcinoma in twins: case reports.
A pair of twins is presented in whom breast carcinomas were found. A reduction mammaplasty in the first twin uncovered an occult intraductal carcinoma. Subcutaneous mastectomies were then done in both twins for identical, mirror-image lesions, The first twin subsequently required a radical mastectomy on the involved side.
D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic