title: [A case of chest wall recurrence after mastectomy for breast cancer that showed response to chemotherapy].
abstract: We report a case of a 55-year-old woman who underwent mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection for right breast cancer( T2N1cM0) 7 years previously. She had been experiencing chest pain for 1 year. Ultrasonography( US) showed a low echoic mass, 1 cm in diameter, near the rib in the right breast (class 5).Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography( PET)-computed tomography( CT) scans revealed an 8-cm wide, segmentally enhancing soft tissue lesion and enhanced lymph nodes at the right edge of the sternum. Under the diagnosis of local recurrence, the patient received chemotherapy consisting of adriamycin and cyclophosphamide( AC) and docetaxel. Definite improvement in chest wall metastasis was observed following this treatment. By changing the treatment to endocrine therapy, the disease has been effectively controlled.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Hasuda Hospital.
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Shizuaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maejima
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077143:Docetaxel; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D043823:Taxoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D043823:Taxoids; D000077143:Docetaxel; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide