Full-thickness chest wall resection for recurrent breast phyllodes tumor.
Phyllodes tumor is a rare breast neoplasm. We present the case of a woman who underwent multiple surgical procedures for phyllodes tumor treatment. Even after bilateral mastectomy and radiotherapy, local recurrences developed. We performed a full-thickness chest wall resection with wide margins, a procedure rarely reported in medical literature for this purpose. Only after this approach did we obtain disease control, with no signs of further recurrence at 4 years' follow-up.
Andrade Neto
Jose D
JD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
Terra
Ricardo M
RM
Fernandez
Angelo
A
Rawet
Viviane
V
Jatene
Fabio B
FB
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000601:surgery*