title: Contralateral breast volume measurement during chest CT for postmastectomy breast reconstruction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Successful breast reconstruction after mastectomy may be guided by knowledge of the contralateral breast volume. Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction based on a CT examination was used to determine the volume of the contralateral normal breast before postmastectomy breast reconstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen female patients scheduled for postmastectomy breast reconstruction using silicon implant prostheses were using noncontrast CT scans of the chest for metastatic work-up. The CT scans were used to measure the volume of contralateral normal breast. The volume estimates were used to specify the proper implant size for cosmesis. The estimated CT volume was correlated with volume estimates obtained using water displacement, as well as anthropometric measurements performed by a plastic surgeon.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Breast volume estimates obtained from CT scans were highly correlated with volumes measured by the two nonradiological methods, yielding a positive linear correlation coefficient (r = 0.99).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Volume measurement of the intact breast should be added to reports of routine chest CT studies in patients who undergo mastectomy. CT imaging is a feasible method for contralateral normal breast volume measurement in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Radiodiagnosis Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 81 Mohy Eldeen Abdel Hameed, 8th District, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, drnohaosman@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Noha Mohamed
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Samer Malak
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Botros
authors.forename: Ahmed Fathy Abdel
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ghany
authors.forename: Ashraf Maher
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Farid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed