<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Background.</bold> For years, the treatment for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) has been mastectomy secondary to the lack of studies investigating the efficacy of breast conservation therapy on patients afflicted with ILC and due to the lack of long-term follow up investigating locoregional recurrence in this patient population. In this article we report the clinical course of a patient diagnosed with ILC.<bold>Case report.</bold> We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman with stage IIB (T2N1M0) ER/PR positive right breast ILC who underwent a right modified radical mastectomy, postoperative chemotherapy, a prophylactic left simple mastectomy with bilateral breast reconstruction and tamoxifen. Approximately 12 years later, she presented with a deflated breast implant and recurrent breast cancer with metastatic spread. She received palliative radiotherapy then palliative chemotherapy. Unfortunately, she succumbed to the cancer less than a year after being diagnosed with metastatic disease.<bold>Conclusions.</bold> This may be the first case report of a ruptured breast implant presenting at the same time as the diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer.</abstract>

Background. For years, the treatment for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) has been mastectomy secondary to the lack of studies investigating the efficacy of breast conservation therapy on patients afflicted with ILC and due to the lack of long-term follow up investigating locoregional recurrence in this patient population. In this article we report the clinical course of a patient diagnosed with ILC.Case report. We describe the case of a 50-year-old woman with stage IIB (T2N1M0) ER/PR positive right breast ILC who underwent a right modified radical mastectomy, postoperative chemotherapy, a prophylactic left simple mastectomy with bilateral breast reconstruction and tamoxifen. Approximately 12 years later, she presented with a deflated breast implant and recurrent breast cancer with metastatic spread. She received palliative radiotherapy then palliative chemotherapy. Unfortunately, she succumbed to the cancer less than a year after being diagnosed with metastatic disease.Conclusions. This may be the first case report of a ruptured breast implant presenting at the same time as the diagnosis of recurrent breast cancer.

Recurrent invasive lobular carcinoma presenting as a ruptured breast implant

Quillen College of Medicine, East TN State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA

Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Radiology and Oncology

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Background. For years, the treatment for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) has been mastectomy secondary to the lack of studies investigating the efficacy of...

Recurrent invasive lobular carcinoma presenting as a ruptured breast implant

Published Online: Oct 08, 2011

Page range: 23 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-011-0032-5

Keywords
breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, breast implant, rupture

This content is open access.

Recurrent invasive lobular carcinoma presenting as a ruptured breast implant

Published Online: Oct 08, 2011

Page range: 23 - 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-011-0032-5

Keywordsbreast cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, breast implant, rupture

This content is open access.

Keywords
breast cancer, invasive lobular carcinoma, breast implant, rupture