Recurrent Breast Cancer in a Patient with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

We report a case of a patient with recurrent infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast encasing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. We also review the current literature regarding reports of breast malignancy around a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, as well as the potential relevance of such shunts to the p...

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Autores principales: Copeland-Halperin, Libby R., Cohen, Robert A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25648450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/659395
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description We report a case of a patient with recurrent infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast encasing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. We also review the current literature regarding reports of breast malignancy around a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, as well as the potential relevance of such shunts to the preoperative evaluation and management of patients with breast cancer.
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spelling pubmed-43063982015-02-03 Recurrent Breast Cancer in a Patient with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Copeland-Halperin, Libby R. Cohen, Robert A. Case Rep Surg Case Report We report a case of a patient with recurrent infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast encasing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. We also review the current literature regarding reports of breast malignancy around a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, as well as the potential relevance of such shunts to the preoperative evaluation and management of patients with breast cancer. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4306398/ /pubmed/25648450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/659395 Text en Copyright © 2015 L. R. Copeland-Halperin and R. A. Cohen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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