title: The Contact Zone: A Common Site of Tumor Recurrence in a Patient Who Underwent Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruction.
abstract: Routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening is not typically warranted in asymptomatic patients with a history of breast cancer and myocutaneous flap reconstruction due to the rare incidence of local tumor recurrence. We present a case of recurrent invasive ductal carcinoma along the contact zone between the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap and the native breast tissue that was incidentally detected on a routine high-risk screening-MRI of the breast in an asymptomatic patient with a history of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: rendkhalili@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rend
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Al-Khalili
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Ralph T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Wynn
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ha
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D064827:Myocutaneous Flap; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*