Continued twitching of the latissimus dorsi miniflap after breast conservation therapy: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Xiao-Hua Zhang¹  You-qun Xiang¹  Xiao-He Ye²  Du-Ping Huang¹ 

[1] Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, 325000, China;Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, WenZhou, 325000, China

关键词: Muscle twitching;    Breast conservation therapy;    Breast cancer;   

Others  :  827633
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-10-122

 received in 2012-02-16, accepted in 2012-06-28,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

We report a case of continued twitching of the latissimus dorsi muscle following breast conservation therapy, along with immediate reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi miniflap, which continued despite several attempts at control including BTX-A percutaneous local injection, and was finally cured by delayed division of the thoracodorsal nerve via a small well-tolerated axillary incision.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Huang et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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