Plastic Surgical Management of Ductal Breast Cancer

Plastic surgical management of ductal breast cancer.A. The patient has an extensive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in the left breast diagnosed with mammography and needle biopsies. Situation before the operation.B. Skin-conserving total mastectomy and mamillectomy was performed and the breast was reconstructed with a TRAM (transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous) flap. Situation one year after the operation. The patient has gained weight, and both the genuine and the reconstructed breast have become larger.

Picture: Hannu Kuokkanen