The evaluation of contralateral breast lesions in breast cancer patients using reduction mammoplasty

This study evaluated the importance of routine pathological examination of contralateral breast specimens in breast cancer patients using reduction mammoplasty. The weight of breast tissue resected from the contralateral breast in 71 patients and the number of slices used for pathological evaluation...

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Published in:Journal of breast cancer 2011, 14(3), 55, pp.219-222
Main Authors: Dogan, Lutfi, Gulcelik, Mehmet Ali, Bulut, Melda, Karaman, Niyazi, Kiziltan, Gamze, Ozaslan, Cihangir
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Language:English
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Summary:This study evaluated the importance of routine pathological examination of contralateral breast specimens in breast cancer patients using reduction mammoplasty. The weight of breast tissue resected from the contralateral breast in 71 patients and the number of slices used for pathological evaluation were recorded. Breast lesions found in the contralateral breast and accompanying lesions with tumors were examined. High risk proliferative lesions were reported in the contralateral breast of eight (11.2%) patients, and low-risk lesions were detected in 18 (25%). While the mean age of the patients with high-risk lesions was 45.6, it was 52.8 for the other patients (p=0.036). Bilateral reduction mammoplasty may be beneficial to delineate some pathologies in contralateral breasts even in those patients with normal clinical and radiological findings. The incidental discovery of these pathologies is much more likely in young breast cancer patients.
ISSN:1738-6756
2092-9900
DOI:10.4048/jbc.2011.14.3.219