Abstract:

This report describes the case of a 70-year-old woman presenting to outpatient with a several-week history of a painful mass in her right breast, 30 years after her treatment for primary breast cancer. At first, this was suspected to have been a recurrence of her malignancy; however, repeated biopsies ultimately proved this to be negative. Her injury was actually a case of radiotherapy-induced necrosis (radionecrosis) and was subsequently treated with surgical debridement.

Huq, Pai, Potdar, , , , , , (2015). Radionecrosis 30 years after breast cancer. The Indian journal of surgery, 2015 Apr;77(Suppl 1):81-3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972654