Heterologous Breast Reconstruction in A Patient with Autoimmune Panniculitis

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Mauro Barone Annalisa Cogliandro Barbara Cagli Francesco Segreto Giovanni F Marangi Paolo Persichetti Valeria Devirgiliis Vincenzo Panasiti

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Francesco Segreto
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, “Campus Bio-Medico di Roma” University, Rome, Italy

A B S T R A C T

Breast reconstruction in patients affected by collagenopathy and/or panniculopathy is often challenging. In most cases, heterologous reconstruction is avoided due to the low extensibility of skin and subcutaneous tissues. As a consequence, flaps were regarded as work-horses to reconstruct such patients. However, autologous breast reconstruction implies donor-site morbidity, longer surgery and increased risk of postoperative complications. Moreover, the patient may be reluctant to undergo such a complex procedure. We report the case of a 61 year-old woman, affected by autoimmune diffuse panniculitis who successfully underwent two-stage heterologous breast reconstruction following unilateral mastectomy. At 12 months follow-up no complication occurred. In our experience, by slightly modifying the expansion protocol, two-stage heterologous breast reconstruction proved to be a reliable option in patients with panniculopathy

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Fri 07, Sep 2018
Accepted: Wed 03, Oct 2018
Published: Thu 25, Oct 2018

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© 2023 Francesco Segreto. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2018.03.008