Breast necrosis following coronary artery bypass grafting.
We present a case of left breast necrosis following coronary artery bypass grafting which was misdiagnosed as a breast cancer. Breast necrosis after myocardial revascularization is an extremely rare complication of the surgical procedure using the most conventional graft which is the left internal mammary artery. The left internal mammary artery is the main blood supplying artery of the left breast.
Radiology Department, Breast Unit Papageorgiou General Hospital Thessaloniki, Greece. antoniabin@yahoo.com
Antonia
A
Bintoudi
Triada
T
Malkotsi
Fotini
F
Goutsaridou
Maria
M
Emmanoullidou
Ioannis
I
Tsitouridis
D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D058922:Inflammatory Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography