Breast reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi flap in a patient who had had her axillary lymph nodes irradiated in childhood

Toralf Reimer; Angrit Stachs; Harald Terpe; Bernd Gerber

doi:10.1080/02844310600759640

Breast reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi flap in a patient who had had her axillary lymph nodes irradiated in childhood

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2008;42(1):48-50. doi: 10.1080/02844310600759640.

Authors

Toralf Reimer¹, Angrit Stachs, Harald Terpe, Bernd Gerber

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Klinikum Suedstadt, Rostock, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 18188783
DOI: 10.1080/02844310600759640

Abstract

We describe a 34-year-old woman who, at the age of 11 years, had had Hodgkin disease treated by irradiation of the axillary nodes. Twenty-two years later she developed a secondary breast carcinoma which was managed by skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with a pedicled latissimus dorsi flap.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Axilla
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Breast Neoplasms / therapy
Carcinoma in Situ / surgery*
Carcinoma in Situ / therapy
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery*
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / therapy
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Female
Hodgkin Disease / radiotherapy*
Hodgkin Disease / therapy
Humans
Lymphatic Irradiation
Mammaplasty / methods*
Mastectomy
Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery*
Neoplasms, Second Primary / therapy
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Surgical Flaps*