Imaging of the treated breast post breast conservation surgery/oncoplasty: Pictorial review

Figure 14 The most common site of tumor recurrence is the contact line, at the junction of the flap with the native tissue. A-C: Patient post right lumpectomy (A) underwent subcutaneous mastectomy with LD flap (dashed arrows in B and C); D-F: At three year follow up patient presented with a skin nodule which was seen as an asymmetric density at the junction of flap with native breast tissue (arrows in D and E) and an increase in volumetric density of right breast (F); FDG-PET study (G) showed that the nodule was FDG avid. Histology - IDC grade 3. FDG-PET: Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.