Histopathological evaluation of reduction mammaplasty specimens to detect occult breast cancer: a report from southern iran.

Mohammad Hossain Rajabian, Perikala Vijayananda Kumar

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Article in World journal of plastic surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohammad Hossain RajabianDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Perikala Vijayananda KumarDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundReduction mammaplasty (RM) is among the commonly performed procedures by plastic surgeons. Occult breast cancers are rarely detected in these specimens. The purpose of the study was to describe histopathological evaluation of reduction mammaplasty specimens to detect occult breast cancer in Southern Iran.

methodsThe histological diagnosis of 350 RM specimens from 175 patients to detect occult breast cancer was evaluated retrospectively. This study determines the incidence of breast cancer too.

resultsMicroscopic examination revealed that 233 specimens had no pathological changes, 106 showed evidences of fibrocystic disease, 2 were diagnosed as fibroadenoma, 4 were diagnosed as adenosis and one was diagnosed as a phylloides tumor. Furthermore, 4 specimens were diagnosed as carcinomas; 2 as medullary carcinoma and 2 as intraductal carcinoma. Four occult carcinomas were detected in young, unmarried women.

conclusionThorough gross and microscopic examination helped to detect these occult carcinomas and also helped in planning futuretreatments. We consider a thorough gross examination and sampling of mammaplasty specimens to be mandatory.

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Breast cancerHistotologyIncidenceIranReduction mammoplasty

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