TY - JOUR
T1 - Iatrogenic Endometriosis of the Breast Mimicking Fat Necrosis
T2 - A Case Report
AU - De La Riva-Morales, Ivan
AU - Umeres-Francia, Gianfranco Eddu
AU - Novo, Jorge Eduardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - A female patient with a history of ductal carcinoma in situ in the left breast, status-post bilateral mastectomy with deep inferior epigastric perforator artery flap reconstructive surgery, presented with a right breast asymmetry concerning for fat necrosis. Histological analysis revealed the presence of benign glands and associated stroma within fibroadipose tissue, confirmed as endometriosis by immunohistochemical analysis. Further investigation revealed that the patient had a previous diagnosis of endometriosis associated with a cesarean section scar that likely seeded the ectopic endometrial glands into a tertiary site by utilizing abdominal tissue that may have harbored endometriosis.
AB - A female patient with a history of ductal carcinoma in situ in the left breast, status-post bilateral mastectomy with deep inferior epigastric perforator artery flap reconstructive surgery, presented with a right breast asymmetry concerning for fat necrosis. Histological analysis revealed the presence of benign glands and associated stroma within fibroadipose tissue, confirmed as endometriosis by immunohistochemical analysis. Further investigation revealed that the patient had a previous diagnosis of endometriosis associated with a cesarean section scar that likely seeded the ectopic endometrial glands into a tertiary site by utilizing abdominal tissue that may have harbored endometriosis.
KW - fat necrosis
KW - iatrogenic endometriosis
KW - reconstructive surgery
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U2 - 10.1177/10668969231201416
DO - 10.1177/10668969231201416
M3 - Article
C2 - 37715651
AN - SCOPUS:85171254387
SN - 1066-8969
VL - 32
SP - 952
EP - 956
JO - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
IS - 5
ER -