title: Breast cancer management in a case of hemihypertrophy/lymphedema.
abstract: Breast cancer can occur in women affected by congenital disorders because of its very high incidence. The circumstances of the underlying disease may affect the treatment plan for the cancer. In our case, breast cancer occurred in a 43-year-old woman with congenital hemihypertrophy and lymphedematous features of the overgrowth. These conditions are described in the article while questions about the best practice for the cancer surgery are mentioned.
authors: Surgery Department, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.
authors: Sadaf
authors: S
authors: Alipour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000151:congenital*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000151:congenital*; D008408:Mastectomy; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods