Solitary drain-site recurrence after lumpectomy for breast cancer.
Locoregional recurrence after breast conservative surgery is not a rare event. However, a metastatic nodule solely at the surgical drain site seems to be extremely unusual. In this report, we present a patient who received a lumpectomy for breast cancer but a metastatic nodule developed at the drain site more than two years after her surgery.
Kim
Honsoul
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Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsan-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
Kim
Eun-Kyung
EK
Kwak
Jin Young
JY
Kim
Min Jung
MJ
Choi
Seon Hyeong
SH
Park
Byeong-Woo
BW
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000009:adverse effects; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*