title: Radionecrosis 30 years after breast cancer.
abstract: This report describes the case of a 70-year-old woman presenting to outpatient with a several-week history of a painful mass in her right breast, 30 years after her treatment for primary breast cancer. At first, this was suspected to have been a recurrence of her malignancy; however, repeated biopsies ultimately proved this to be negative. Her injury was actually a case of radiotherapy-induced necrosis (radionecrosis) and was subsequently treated with surgical debridement.
authors.affiliation: Grantham Hospital/Lincoln County Hospital, Lincolnshire, UK.
authors.forename: Fuad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huq
authors.affiliation: Grantham Hospital/Lincoln County Hospital, Lincolnshire, UK.
authors.forename: Ms Deepa
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.affiliation: Grantham Hospital/Lincoln County Hospital, Lincolnshire, UK.
authors.forename: Nandkishore
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Potdar
keywords: Breast cancer; HBOT; Hypoechoeic lymph node; Pseudotumoural necrosis; Radionecrosis; Surgical debridement