title: Breast reconstruction with a deep inferior epigastric perforator flap: imaging appearances of the normal flap and common complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the normal imaging appearance of deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction and common postoperative complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Familiarity with the anatomy and normal imaging appearance of a DIEP flap reconstruction will help the breast imager recognize normal postsurgical findings and common postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wang Bldg Ste 240, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Wade
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hedegard
authors.forename: Bethany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Niell
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Specht
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winograd
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rafferty
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005218:Fat Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D049291:Seroma / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography