Background: Latissimus dorsi flap was the first myocutaneous flap reported in the literature. Tansini published in 1906 his experience in breast reconstruction. Quillen in 1978 used it as a pedicled flap for the first time in the head and neck region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Fibromatosis is a term used to describe a group of lesions characterized by well-differentiated fibroblast proliferation with an usually benign biological behavior but with an infiltrative pattern of growth, frequently recurrent and locally invasive. It is generally localized in the retroperitoneal area, neck and extremities. The presence of this entity in breast tissue is an uncommon clinical situation, comprising approximately 0.
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