Tumoral Calcinosis: An Uncommon Cause for a Mass in a Reconstructed Breast

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2016 May 5;4(5):e700. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000687. eCollection 2016 May.

Abstract

Tumoral calcinosis is a rare clinical and histopathological syndrome whose exact etiology is unknown. We present a case of a 57-year-old woman who presents with a painful lump in her right chest after bilateral breast reconstructions for bilateral asynchronous breast cancers. It is important to be aware of all possible differential diagnoses in a patient presenting with a chest mass after mastectomy and reconstruction for breast cancer as not all lesions of this type represent recurrent cancer.

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  • Case Reports