Centrally located breast carcinomas treated with central quadrantectomy and immediate nipple-areola reconstruction: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND

Mastectomy has often been cited as the favoured option for centrally located breast tumours because lumpectomies or quadrantectomies that remove the nipple-areola complex often result in poor cosmesis. Currently, breast-conserving treatment is a preferred treatment for centrally located breast tumours, but this approach requires oncoplastic breast technique to avoid aesthetic sequels. This article describes the use of breast reduction techniques with immediate nipple-areola complex reconstruction (utilised to treat breast cancer) for centrally sited breast tumours PATIENTS: Ten patients suffering from a centrally located breast carcinoma were treated at our breast unit over a period of 16 years (2006-2022). Oncologic and patient-reported outcomes were updated revising electronic reports and surveying with BREAST-Q module Breast conserving therapy (version 2, Spanish) postoperative scales.

RESULTS

Excision margins were complete in all cases. There have been no postoperative complications, all patients are alive and no cases of recurrence after 84.8 months of mean follow-up. Patients score the domain satisfaction with breast: mean 61.7 (Standard deviation 12.5) out of 100.

CONCLUSIONS

Breast reduction mammaplasty with immediate nipple-areola complex reconstruction allows surgeons to carry out a central quadrantectomy to treat centrally located breast carcinoma with good oncologic and cosmetic outcome.