title: A giant papillary carcinoma of the breast treated with mastectomy and bipedicled TRAM flap.
abstract: Although the surgical treatment of breast cancer has become more conservative in the last decades, some patients still arrive at the first physical examination with advanced diseases and with large skin infiltration. We report an unusual case of giant invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast underwent mastectomy and reconstruction with a bipedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Rome, Policlinico Gemelli, Italy. gianluca-franceschini@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franceschini
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salgarello
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masetti
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Terribile
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.forename: Melania
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costantini
authors.forename: Liliana Barone
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Adesi
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picciocchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps