A 40-year delayed locoregional recurrence of breast carcinoma following mastectomy.
A 90-year-old woman who underwent a left modified radical mastectomy 40 years ago with no further adjuvant treatment presented with a left chest wall mass at the suture line. A biopsy of the mass confirmed that it was invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. After a negative metastatic work-up, the patient underwent a local resection of the chest wall mass with clear margins. We present here the longest documented delayed recurrence after modified radical mastectomy reported in the literature.
Joseph
Kathie-Ann
KA
Comprehensive Breast Center, Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
El-Tamer
Mahmoud
M
Ditkoff
Beth Ann
BA
Komenaka
Ian
I
Horowitz
Liz
L
Schnabel
Freya
F
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors