Management of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer After Reduction Mammoplasty

Breast cancer is a systemic disease that occurs in approximately one in eight women and may cause significant mortality and morbidity. Inflammatory breast cancer was considered to be contraindicated for simultaneous reconstruction after mastectomy in previous periods due to frequent local recurrence and low survival expectancy. However, simultaneous reconstruction is a necessity nowadays; with the use of combination therapies that includes chemotherapy and radiotherapy besides surgery for inflammatory breast cancer. Reverse abdominoplasty was described by Huger in 1970, which is a reliable choice for reconstruction of anterior chest wall defects. In this case report, a patient who was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer after breast reduction surgery and underwent bilateral modified radical mastectomy and reconstruction with a reverse abdominoplasty flap was presented. Inflammatory breast cancer can be seen after reduction mammoplasty. Reverse abdominoplasty flap is a reliable option for the reconstruction of anterior chest wall defects after resection of such cancers.