Abstract
We report a case of local recurrence of breast cancer 10 years after the first surgery. A 54-year-old female underwent a mammonectomy and left axillary lymph node dissection. Ten years later, she noticed a 10×6cm diameter erosion on her operation scar on the left chest wall. Histopathologically, the lesion was revealed to be a recurrence of breast cancer. We removed her erosion and performed reconstruction using a rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap. However 9 months after our surgical procedure lymph metastasis of the right axillary lymph node was discovered. And she had small red papules on her right chest wall. Histopathologically, the papules were metastasis of the breast cancer. We concluded that the papules were delayed cutaneous metastasis. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2006; 21: 132-136]
