Abstract

Prophylactic mastectomy (PM) is performed to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk. Contralateral mastectomy does not improve survival, but is done for local control, reducing risk and giving symmetry. We present a case of a 39-year-old woman with right breast cancer, who underwent a prophylactic mastectomy of the left breast with immediate reconstruction and a pathology result of a hidden invasive ductal carcinoma.

Keywords

occult breast cancer, breast cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy, prophylactic mastectomy, ductal invasive carcinoma, mastectomy, epidermal growth, contralateral cancer, pathology, ductal carcinoma, irregular morphology, acoustic enhancement, right breast, echogenicity, central vascularity