Abstract
We report two cases of radiation ulcer on the chest wall more than 30 years after irradiation therapy. In Case 1, a 57-year-old woman who had been treated for pulmonary metastasis of choriocarcinoma by irradiation about 35 years earlier was admitted to our hospital because of ulceration on the left posterior chest wall. Posterior chest wall resection and reconstruction using a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap was performed. About 4 years after the operation, she was re-admitted to our hospital because of ulceration on the left anterior chest wall. Anterior chest wall resection and reconstruction using a pectoralis major muscle flap was performed. In Case 2, a 68-year-old woman who had undergone right radical mastectomy followed by irradiation for breast cancer about 34 years earlier was admitted to our hospital because of recurrence of radiation ulcer. For radiation ulcer on the anterior chest wall, right anterior chest wall resection and reconstruction using a left pectoralis major muscle flap had been performed 9 years earlier. After debridement, reconstruction using a right latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap was performed. Both patients are alive without any evidence of recurrence.
