Publications by authors named "N Sueoka"
A 46-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer developed dyspnea that progressed relatively rapidly during chemotherapy. Chest-abdominal CT revealed wedge-shaped infiltration shadow, and cardiac catheterization revealed elevated pulmonary artery pressure. Aspiration cytology of pulmonary arterial blood was performed and malignant cells were confirmed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[The Approach of Breast Reconstruction for Breast Cancer in Our Hospital].
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho
February 2020
The demand for breast reconstruction is expected to increase with the currently observed increase in the number of breast cancer patients. Among the 70 patients included in the study, 59 received tissue expanders, 1 received implant, and 10 received deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps. Complications were noted in is 11 patients who received tissue expanders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the case of an 88-year-old woman who had undergone breast conserving surgery for left breast cancer 8 years ago.She received postoperative radiotherapy(total dose of 60 G/30 Fr)to the residual breast together with endocrine therapy.She underwent skin biopsy after having had a red skin tumor in the left breast.
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- - Nipple discharge is often benign but carries a 5-30% risk of malignancy; a 65-year-old woman experienced bloody discharge in her right breast for several months.
- - Imaging tests, including mammography and MRI, indicated a simple cyst, but fine-needle aspiration found no malignant cells.
- - To confirm the diagnosis, an excisional biopsy was performed, revealing low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), leading to a total mastectomy and ongoing endocrine therapy with an aromatase inhibitor.
Background: Breast carcinoma and precancer are thought to start in the lining of the milk duct or lobule. Ductography and fiberoptic ductoscopy have beenadvocated as the mainprocedures inpatien ts with nipple discharge.
Methods: We investigated the usefulness of microdochectomy(MD)by using indocyanine green(ICG)fluorescence imaging.