“Extensive” T4 breast tumors: Considerations regarding local management.

Ioannidis Charilaos

 

 

“Extensive” T4 malignant breast tumors are not uncommon and can be either primary or recurrent. Theycan present without or be accompanied by distant metastases at the time of initial presentation. They share one or more of the following symptoms: mass effect, pain, malodor, esthetic distress, exudation, pruritus, bleeding, and crusting. The aim of their treatment is therapeutic, when possible, or palliative, which is quite often the case. A small case series of three female patients with “extensive” T4 breast cancer is presented…

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Esthetic considerations in surgical excision of benign breast lesions

Ioannidis Charilaos

Introduction: Benign lesions are a common finding in the female breast. Surgical excision is, usually, the preferred definitive mode of treatment. This, however, often results in formation of unsightly scars and/or distortion of breast shape. Application of certain plastic surgical principles may contribute to the minimization of the aforementioned sequelae …

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