A rare case of umbilical metastasis after delayed transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap reconstruction for invasive breast cancer
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nicky Claire Seymour; Rathi Rathinaezhil
- Source
- Breast Disease. 37:33-35
- Subject
- Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Biopsy
Mammaplasty
Umbilicus (mollusc)
Rectus Abdominis
Breast Neoplasms
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Metastasis
Lesion
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Breast cancer
medicine
Humans
Stage (cooking)
Mastectomy
Past medical history
Umbilicus
business.industry
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Cancer
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Myocutaneous Flap
Surgery
body regions
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap
Female
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1558-1551
0888-6008
A 46-year-old female presented with an inflamed and painful umbilicus. Past medical history included breast cancer, followed by metastatic sternal cancer two years after the initial breast cancer diagnosis.The painful umbilicus was confirmed metastasis from a primary breast cancer she had treated eleven years previously.Metastases to the umbilicus are rare, and are usually gastrointestinal in origin. To our knowledge this is the first report of a metastasis from any primary cancer to the umbilicus after transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (TRAM). Any lesion at any stage after treatment for breast cancer should be viewed with suspicion of recurrence and investigated and treated appropriately.