Breast cancer and reduction mammoplasty: the role of routine pre-operative mammography.
Occasionally breast cancer is accidentally discovered in specimens from patients undergoing reduction mammoplasty. We present the cases of two patients, both over 50 years of age. Because a reduction mammoplasty distorts the architecture of the breast, the post-operative discovering of a carcinoma renders mastectomy the only treatment option possible. We recommend the use of a pre-operative mammography for all women over 50 years of age who are scheduled for a breast reduction.
van der Torre
P M
PM
Department of Surgery, Sint Lucas-Andreas Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Butzelaar
R M
RM
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged