Breast reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi flap in a patient who had had her axillary lymph nodes irradiated in childhood.
We describe a 34-year-old woman who, at the age of 11 years, had had Hodgkin disease treated by irradiation of the axillary nodes. Twenty-two years later she developed a secondary breast carcinoma which was managed by skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with a pedicled latissimus dorsi flap.
Reimer
Toralf
T
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Klinikum Suedstadt, Rostock, Germany. toralf.reimer@med.uni-rostock.de
Stachs
Angrit
A
Terpe
Harald
H
Gerber
Bernd
B
D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015182:Lymphatic Irradiation; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013524:Surgical Flaps