Successful Lumpectomy in a Patient With Multicentric Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Sarfaraz Sadruddin, Celia Chao, Quan D Nguyen, Anahita Tavana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
lumpectomy
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Lumpectomy General Engineering Clinical reasoning mastectomy 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Multicentric breast cancer medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Oncology General Surgery multicentric breast cancer Positive Margins Medicine breast conserving Radiology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Mastectomy |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | When there is extensive breast cancer, patients typically undergo mastectomy. However, lumpectomy may still be performed for patients who are motivated to avoid a mastectomy and understand the risk for positive margins requiring second surgery in unique cases. This report details the surgical management and clinical reasoning behind lumpectomy for a multicentric breast cancer spanning 5 cm. The lumpectomy was a success with negative margins on final pathology. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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