Adult ; Breast Neoplasms/pathology* ; Breast Neoplasms/surgery* ; Female ; Humans ; Mastectomy, Segmental*/adverse effects ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnosis*
Keywords
Breast cancer ; drain-site recurrence ; solitary nodule
Abstract
Locoregional recurrence after breast conservative surgery is not a rare event. However, a metastatic nodule solely at the surgical drain site seems to be extremely unusual. In this report, we present a patient who received a lumpectomy for breast cancer but a metastatic nodule developed at the drain site more than two years after her surgery.