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A case report describes a woman who developed left breast necrosis following CABG and prior stage I breast carcinoma treatment, suggesting multiple conditions are needed for such vascular compromise.
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This case report highlights a rare complication of left breast necrosis following CABG using the internal mammary artery in a patient with a history of breast tumor extirpation.
Rare breast necrosis risk warrants caution with IMA harvest after prior breast cancer treatment; single case leaves open necessary vascular conditions.
The following is a case report of left breast necrosis following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a woman previously treated for a stage I breast carcinoma. To our knowledge this is the first such report of its kind in the literature. We believe that breast tumor extirpation and internal mammary artery utilization in combination are not sufficient insults on the vascularity of the breast to account for necrosis, but rather we feel that a variety of conditions are necessary for vascular compromise to occur.
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Rosato et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Left breast necrosis (n=1). Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with internal mammary artery utilization was evaluated on Left breast necrosis. A case report describes a woman who developed left breast necrosis following CABG and prior stage I breast carcinoma treatment, suggesting multiple conditions are needed for such vascular compromise.
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