Nipple-Areolar Complex (NAC) Reconstruction: Good Case



Fig. 65.1
The 52-year-old woman has a cup D-sized ptotic breast with a retromammillary multicentric (4.5 × 4 cm diameter) endocrine responding and her2neu-negative invasive breast cancer. The green markings were done preoperatively with the primary aim to use an inverted T technique reduction mammoplasty. During surgery (1 month after chemotherapy) frozen section revealed invasive cancer cells within the nipple-areolar complex (NAC); thus, resection of the NAC was necessary. Final pathological workup demonstrated ypmT2 ypN2a G2 R0 status





65.2 Surgery


Five months after the diagnosis and 4 weeks after the last chemotherapy cycle, we performed an oncologic resection of the tumor including the NAC using an inverse-T reduction mammoplasty. The preoperative drawings are seen in Fig. 65.1; the postoperative picture is illustrated in Fig. 65.2. Final histology demonstrated ympT2 ypN2a (5/16) G2 invasive ductal adenocarcinoma of the right breast resected with clear margins R0. In total we resected about 400 cm3 of breast tissue. The patient received perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis, and a frozen section was done to demonstrate clear margins during surgery. We had to do one re-resection positive margins during surgery and resection of the NAC. The patient received adjuvant endocrine treatment with tamoxifen and goserelin as well as local radiotherapy to the supraclavicular nodes and the breast including a boost.
Apr 2, 2016 | Posted by in General Surgery | Comments Off on Nipple-Areolar Complex (NAC) Reconstruction: Good Case

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