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      Simultaneous forequarter amputation and radical mastectomy for metastatic breast carcinoma in a male patient: a case report

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          Although the majority of forequarter amputations are performed for high-grade bone and soft tissue sarcomas or extensive osteomyelitis of the upper extremity, this radical operation may also be indicated for the curative treatment of recurrent breast cancer and for the palliation of locally advanced breast cancer. We report a male patient with metastatic breast adenocarcinoma who underwent simultaneous mastectomy and forequarter amputation for the management of both his primary and metastatic disease.

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                Journal
                J Korean Surg Soc
                JKSS
                Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
                The Korean Surgical Society
                2233-7903
                2093-0488
                December 2011
                25 November 2011
                : 81
                : Suppl 1
                : S6-S11
                Affiliations
                Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
                [1 ]Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
                [2 ]Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
                Author notes
                Correspondence to: Mehmet Ayvaz. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90-312-3051793, Fax: +90-312-3100161, mayvaz@ 123456hacettepe.edu.tr
                Article
                10.4174/jkss.2011.81.Suppl1.S6
                3267069
                22319742
                8c8d59b8-547e-4cc0-b22e-2b96b769f493
                Copyright © 2011, the Korean Surgical Society

                Journal of the Korean Surgical Society is an Open Access Journal. All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 17 March 2011
                : 09 August 2011
                : 31 August 2011
                Categories
                Case Report

                Surgery
                breast neoplasms,amputation,radical mastectomy,male
                Surgery
                breast neoplasms, amputation, radical mastectomy, male

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