Radiation-induced necrosis and calcinosis of the breast: a case report

Fosh, Beverley; Asokan, Gayatri; Hainsworth, Alison; Gilhotra, Amardeep; Hoffmann, Clive

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“…The most common clinical manifestations of calcifications, as described by multiple authors, include skin edema, fibrosis, and ulcerations [ 1 , 2 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 10 ]. However, serious radiation sequelae, such as osteonecrosis, are rarely observed in the modern era of radiotherapy [ 2 ].…”

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Symptomatic Calcifications after Mastectomy: A Rare Case Report with a Review of the Literature

Žatecký,

Coufal,

Sekret

et al. 2024

Medicina

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Introduction: Symptomatic calcifications of the breast or skin after breast cancer surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy are a rare entity, with only a few case reports published worldwide, reducing the patient’s quality of life, whilst asymptomatic calcifications are a common finding on imaging methods. Case presentation: Herein, we present a rare case report of calcifications after mastectomy and post-mastectomy radiation therapy causing chronic inflammation with ulceration and fistula formation, with a two-step surgical approach consisting of excision with linear suture and excision with the reconstruction using a thoraco-epigastric flap. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first publication proving the feasibility of this therapy in patients with symptomatic dystrophic calcifications of the skin or the breast. Moreover, the article provides an up-to-date review of published studies about symptomatic calcifications after breast cancer surgery and radiotherapy with a focus on the time of the clinical manifestation from the radiotherapy and the used radiotherapy scheme.

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Symptomatic Calcifications after Mastectomy: A Rare Case Report with a Review of the Literature

Žatecký,

Coufal,

Sekret

et al. 2024

Medicina

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ANZ Journal of Surgery

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structure was found (Fig. 1). The isolation of this structure revealed to be the appendix. Reduction of the strangulated small bowel, after careful assessment of its viability, was performed, as well as appendectomy. Hernia repair was performed avoiding mesh placement because of the potentially contaminated field. Pathology showed mild inflammation with ischaemic changes of the tip of the appendix. His post-operative course was uneventful. The Amyand's hernia was described in an 11-year-old boy who presented with inflamed appendix in inguinal hernia sac perforated by a pin. In treatment of this case, a British surgeon, Claudius Amyand, in 1735 performed appendiceal resection and the case was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 1,2 Dr Salomone Di Saverio, consultant surgeon, performed the surgical operation.

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Radiation-induced necrosis and calcinosis of the breast: a case report

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Symptomatic Calcifications after Mastectomy: A Rare Case Report with a Review of the Literature

Symptomatic Calcifications after Mastectomy: A Rare Case Report with a Review of the Literature

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