Carcinoma in 866 Reduction Mammaplasties: Preserving the Choice of Lumpectomy

Breast


Mastopexy and Reduction


Occult Carcinoma in 866 Reduction Mammaplasties: Preserving the Choice of Lumpectomy


Slezak S, Bluebond-Langner R (Univ of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore) Plast Reconstr Surg 127:525-530, 2011§



R.L. Ruberg, MD



Evidence Ranking


• B



Expert Rating


• 1



Abstract



Background


Occult breast carcinoma is occasionally found in reduction mammaplasty specimens. Historically, these patients were treated with mastectomy because the exact location of the tumor was unknown. Currently, breast conservation is the treatment of choice in 50 to 85 percent of breast cancers. The authors present a technique of routine specimen marking that allows localization of the tumor and preservation of the choice of lumpectomy.



Methods

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