Local recurrence of breast cancer around a prosthesis dome.
We report a patient who, 2 years after mastectomy and breast reconstruction using a permanent expander, developed metastatic carcinoma around the filling port of the prosthesis. We believe this is the first description of such a condition, the differential diagnosis of which includes a silicone granuloma.
Franchelli
S
S
Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy.
Canavese
G
G
Murolo
C
C
Barabino
P
P
D000328:Adult; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy