Two-step approach for the operation of male breast cancer: report of a case at high risk for surgery.
We report herein the rare case of a 61-year-old man with a history of dissecting aortic aneurysm as well as right breast cancer. He complained of abdominal pain due to a progress of aortic dissection in preparation for the radical operation for breast cancer. Blood pressure was initially controlled and he was administered a simple mastectomy under local anesthesia. One month after the first operation, a radical operation for breast cancer was successfully performed. The tumor was in stage II, and two years after the operation, the patient remained free of recurrent disease. This two-step approach for the operation of male breast cancer may be used as a treatment of breast cancer if a patient is too frail for normal surgery.
Uematsu
M
M
Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine.
Okada
M
M
Ataka
K
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome