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A 67-year-old woman had a 2.7 cm mass detected at the 12 o’clock position of the left breast. Biopsy showed grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma that was ER-positive, PR-positive, and HER2-negative.
She underwent left lumpectomy with placement of a BioZorb marker. Sentinel lymph nodes were negative for malignancy, and she completed postoperative radiation. Mammographic surveillance was then performed every six months.
Three and a half years after surgery, imaging showed a new asymmetry at the 12 o’clock position, along the lower edge of the resorbing BioZorb device. The location near the treated tumor bed made it important to distinguish a benign postoperative change from local recurrence.
Stereotactic biopsy showed fat necrosis with adjacent fibrosis and scar tissue. The pathology was considered concordant with the mammographic finding, and a six-month post-biopsy mammogram was recommended. The case illustrates how resorption of a BioZorb marker and healing around a lumpectomy site can create evolving findings that require continued imaging follow-up.
This is a lay summary of an account first published by PMC / PubMed Central. Read the original in full
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