A Case of Breast Cancer in a Patient with a Congenital Pectoralis Muscle Defect

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Congenital pectoral muscle defects are very rare, and when accompanied by limb defects, they are called Poland syndrome. A woman in her 70s, 4 years after partial mastectomy for breast cancer, underwent mastectomy for a local recurrence. During the operation, the pectoralis major and minor muscles were found to be defective. However, the patient did not have any limb defects. Although congenital pectoral muscle defects are very rare, it would be better to confirm defects of the pectoral muscle by preoperative diagnostic imaging such as CT because the postoperative treatment may be affected.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Case reports in oncology - 14(2021), 2 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 1092-1096

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Oda, Goshi [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Rie [VerfasserIn]
Shinohara, Hajime [VerfasserIn]
Osanai, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Kumaki, Yuichi [VerfasserIn]
Takiguchi, Noriaki [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Oyama, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Kentaro [VerfasserIn]
Uetake, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer
Case Reports
Congenital pectoralis muscle defect
Mastectomy

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Date Revised 31.07.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000516189

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328713449