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Breast carcinoma post‐augmentation mammaplasty: Therapy with limited surgery and radiation
Author(s) -
Lafreniere Rene,
Ketcham Alfred S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930350207
Subject(s) - medicine , mammaplasty , breast augmentation , mastectomy , surgery , radiation therapy , breast carcinoma , breast surgery , carcinoma , implant , breast cancer , cancer
Due to the recent surgical and technical developments in aesthetic surgery and occasional dissatisfaction of women with their external contour, augmentation mammaplasty has become a common occurrence in the surgical practice of the aesthetic surgeon. Breast carcinomas, incidentally associated with augmentation mammaplasty, have been sporadically reported in the literature and have all been treated with a mastectomy when resection was possible. We present a case of breast carcinoma occurring 5 years after augmentation mammaplasty performed with silicone‐gel‐filled implants. Therapy of this carcinoma was achieved through a segmental mastectomy followed by postoperative radiation. The patient remains well 15 months postoperatively. A large number of breast implants are performed each year and the likelihood of a higher incidence of incidental breast carcinomas seen with implants is certainly possible as these patients become older; thought should be given to the notion that possibly not all of these cases need to be managed with radical surgery.