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A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice Series Editors O. James Garden Simon Paterson-Brown BREAST SURGERY SIXTH EDITION Edited by J. Michael Dixon OBE, BSc(Hons) MBChB MD FRCS FRCSEd FRCPEd(Hon) Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh; Clinical Director Breast Cancer Now Research Laboratory; Consultant Surgeon, NHS Lothian Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Matthew D. Barber, BSc(Hons) MBChB(Hons) MD FRCS(Gen Surg) Consultant Breast Surgeon, NHS Lothian Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, and St John’s Hospital, Livingston, UK For additional online content visit ExpertConsult.com Edinburgh London New York Oxford Philadelphia St Louis Sydney 2019 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. © 2019, Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved. First edition 1997 Second edition 2001 Third edition 2005 Fourth edition 2009 Fifth edition 2014 Sixth edition 2019 No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Details on how to seek permission, further information about the Publisher’s permissions policies and our arrangements with organizations such as the Copyright Clearance Center and the Copyright Licensing Agency, can be found at our website: www.elsevier.com/permissions. This book and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by the Publisher (other than as may be noted herein). Notice Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds or experiments described herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. To the fullest extent of the law, no responsibility is assumed by Elsevier, authors, editors or contributors for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. ISBN: 978-0-7020-7241-3 Printed in China Last digit is the print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Content Strategist: Laurence Hunter Content Development Specialist: Lynn Watt Project Manager: Umarani Natarajan Design: Miles Hitchen Illustration Manager: Nichole Beard Illustrator: MPS North America LLC Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Evidence-based practice in surgery Critical appraisal for developing evidence-based preferences, local facilities, local audit results or practice can be obtained from a number of sources, available resources. the most reliable being randomised controlled c. A recommendation made where there is no clinical trials, systematic literature reviews, meta- adequate evidence as to the most effective analyses and observational studies. For practical practice, although there may be reasons for purposes three grades of evidence can be used, making a recommendation in order to minimise analogous to the levels of ‘proof’ required in a court of law: cost or reduce the chance of error through a locally agreed protocol. 1. Beyond all reasonable doubt. Such evidence is likely to have arisen from high-quality randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews Evidence where a conclusion can be reached or high-quality synthesised evidence such as ‘beyond all reasonable doubt’ and therefore decision analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis or where a strong recommendation can be given. This will normally be based on evidence levels: large observational datasets. The studies need • Ia. Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials to be directly applicable to the population of • Ib. Evidence from at least one randomised concern and have clear results. The grade is controlled trial analogous to burden of proof within a criminal • IIa. Evidence from at least one controlled study court and may be thought of as corresponding without randomisation • IIb. Evidence from at least one other type of quasi- to the usual standard of ‘proof’ within the experimental study. medical literature (i.e. P <0.05). 2. On the balance of probabilities. In many cases a high-quality review of literature may fail to Evidence where a conclusion might be reached reach firm conclusions due to conflicting or ‘on the balance of probabilities’ and where there inconclusive results, trials of poor methodological may be other factors involved which influence the quality or the lack of evidence in the population recommendation given. This will normally be based to which the guidelines apply. In such cases on less conclusive evidence than that represented by the double tick icons: it may still be possible to make a statement • III. Evidence from non-experimental descriptive as to the best treatment on the ‘balance of studies, such as comparative studies and case– probabilities’. This is analogous to the decision in control studies a civil court where all the available evidence will • IV. Evidence from expert committee reports or be weighed up and the verdict will depend upon opinions or clinical experience of respected authorities, or both. the balance of probabilities. 3. Not proven. Insufficient evidence upon which to base a decision, or contradictory evidence. Evidence that is associated with either a strong recommendation or expert opinion is highlighted in Depending on the information available, three the text in panels such as those shown above, and is grades of recommendation can be used: distinguished by either a double or single tick icon, a. Strong recommendation, which should be respectively. The references associated with double- tick evidence are listed as Key References at the followed unless there are compelling reasons to end of each chapter, along with a short summary of act otherwise. the paper's conclusions where applicable. The full b. A recommendation based on evidence of reference list for each chapter is available in the ebook. effectiveness, but where there may be other The reader is referred to Chapter 1, ‘Evaluation factors to take into account in decision- of surgical evidence’ in the volume Core Topics in making, for example the user of the guidelines General and Emergency Surgery of this series, for a may be expected to take into account patient more detailed description of this topic. ix Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Anatomy and physiology of the breast Mary Morrogh It is essential that clinicians endeavouring to prevent, structure that typifies the mammary gland. At diagnose, or treat breast cancer possess a fundamental birth, there are no differences (morphological understanding of the basic anatomical and physio­ or physiological) between the sexes.1,2 logical precepts that are the foundation of our knowledge base. This chapter presents a concise Clinical considerations review of basic knowledge, and a summary of clinical Failure of ectodermal regression results in the considerations for application to modern clinical formation of accessory nipples (‘supernumerary practice. nipples’ or polythelia) or supernumerary breasts (polymastia). Complete regression of the primary Normal breast development: bud leads to congenital absence of breast tissue (amastia) and nipple (athelia). Failure of one or embryology and physiology both breasts to develop fully can be congenital or acquired. Genetic causes include Poland's Embryology syndrome, which is a group of conditions associated with absence or hypoplasia of the pectoralis major The breast is a modified sweat gland of ectodermal muscle, and deformity of the underlying chest wall and mesodermal origin. Fetal development is and varying degrees of syndactyly.3,4 It is rare, usually modulated by local factors, and has three key stages: only partial in nature and is more common in men than in women. Breast development can be affected 1. By week 5, two parallel ectodermal ridges (milk by trauma, including surgery or radiotherapy. lines) appear along the ventral surface of the Mild asymmetry is a common problem and embryo extending from the primitive axilla to usually only reassurance is needed. Lipofilling has the inguinal region. now become an important part of treating breast asymmetry. It may need to be combined with 2. By week 9, the paired ectodermal ridges begin to tissue expansion to increase the amount of skin disappear; however, they remain in the pectoral for placement of subsequent breast implants.5,6 region, forming a pair of ‘primary buds’. These If asymmetry is marked, increasing the size of the primary buds divide into many (15–20) smaller smaller breast with or without tissue expansion and/ ‘secondary buds’ that individually extend into or reduction or augmentation of the opposite breast the underlying, vascularised connective tissue may be required. A pedicled or free myocutaneous mesoderm. flap, with or without an implant, can be used to reconstruct any muscle defect and produce symmetry 3. During the third trimester, these ectodermal in cases of severe hypoplasia or aplasia (Fig. 1.1). extensions epithelialise and branch, developing lumens and terminal pouches (acini), thereby • The most common breast tumours of mesenchymal acquiring the classical ‘ductal and lobular’ origin are phyllodes tumours (see Chapter 3). 1 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 a b c d Figure 1.1 • Hypoplasia pre- (a) and post- (b) surgery with expansion followed by implant, and pre- (c) and post- (d) surgery with lipofilling. Puberty radiotherapy) may result in a failure of the ductal system to develop. The adult female breast is under constant influence • Tuberous breasts are a common congenital of autocrine (systemic hormones) and paracrine breast deformity defined by a failure of breasts (growth factors, cytokines) modulators of growth to develop normally. The tuberous breast is and development. Thelarche marks the onset of not simply a small or underdeveloped breast. adult breast development. The release of GnRH Classical features include: an enlarged, swollen (gonadotrophin releasing hormone) from the hypothalamus controls the release of the pituitary areola, wide spacing between the breasts, hormones FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and minimal breast tissue, high inframammary folds LH (luteinising hormone). The early menstrual and a narrow breast base. The deformity can be cycles are anovulatory, thus the effects of oestrogen classified based on location (grade I inferomedial are unopposed. Development begins with a ‘ductal quadrant; grade II both inferior quadrants; growth phase’ involving ductal elongation, an grade III affecting the whole breast). While increase in epithelial height and number and an breastfeeding may be affected, gonadogenesis or increase in stromal density, and is followed by the addition of lobular units. Terminal end buds form fertility is unlikely to be compromised (Fig. 1.2). new small alveolar buds which branch and divide Surgical intervention for tuberous breasts into ductules. A type 1 lobule is a terminal duct is challenging and frequently unsatisfactory with 10–12 associated alveolar buds and is the and tends to involve lipomodelling and tissue characteristic feature of a peri-menarchal breast. expansion. Reduction of the large nipple–areolar These lobules continue to develop for up to 15 years, complex may be required. at which point they begin to be replaced by more • Accessory nipples are most commonly seen mature lobules. In the adult breast, cyclical changes occur during each menstrual cycle, with an increase below the breast and above the level of the in the rate of proliferation, especially during the umbilicus whereas accessory breast tissue is luteal phase, followed by a wave of apoptosis. Breast usually found in the axilla. They are present in size may increase by up to 15% during this phase.7,8 up to 6% of the population.9 Although they rarely cause problems, accessory nipples in the Clinical considerations bra line can be excised if they cause irritation • Breast development prior to 8 years of age (Fig. 1.3). (premature thelarche) is abnormal, and most • Accessory breast tissue is a relatively common often due to dysregulation of the hypothalamic congenital condition and can present as a mass pituitary–adrenocortical axis. Conversely, a anywhere along the course of the embryologic lack of oestrogen, whether congenital (such ectodermal ridges, but most frequently (>90%) as in Turner’s syndrome, Kallman syndrome) presents with accessory tissue in the axilla or acquired (malnutrition, chemotherapy, (Fig. 1.4). It can become more prominent during 2 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Anatomy and physiology of the breast a b Figure 1.2 • Tubular breasts before (a) and after (b) tissue expansion and implant placement. pregnancy. Reassurance and an explanation are usually all that is required. Surgical excision should be reserved for truly symptomatic women, as accessory breast tissue is difficult to excise cosmetically and surgery is associated with significant morbidity.10 Liposuction with or without excision of skin and accessory breast tissue ensuring that the fascia of the axilla is not disturbed gives the best cosmetic outcomes. Both benign and malignant conditions can develop within accessory breast tissue.11 • Macromastia is defined as breast weight exceeding 2–3% of total body weight. It can be progressive, is more often bilateral than unilateral, and is thought to be due to rapidly developing connective tissue resulting from excess levels of growth factors or hormones. It typically presents at puberty or post­partum. Figure 1.3 • Supernumerary nipple below breast. Reduction mammaplasty after adolescence is the treatment of choice.12 • In women <30 years of age, the stroma and lobules may respond to hormonal stimulus in an exaggerated fashion with the development of fibroadenomas (single or multiple)13 (see Chapter 3). • Gynaecomastia (see Chapter 2) describes enlargement of the male breast. ‘Physiological’ gynaecomastia refers to ‘bilateral enlargement of breast tissue within 1 year of the onset of testicular development’ and is a normal finding in up to two­thirds of pubertal males. Non­ physiological gynaecomastia is typically a result of oestrogen excess, androgen deficiency, or Figure 1.4 • Bilateral accessory axillary breast tissue. Most cases are less prominent than this. drug effects (see Chapter 3). 3 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 • Such is the variation in blood flow and frequently increase in size and lactate. In this epithelial proliferation throughout the setting, FNA frequently reports atypical cells menstrual cycle that it influences the efficacy of and core biopsy is therefore recommended. MRI as a breast­imaging tool.14 For this reason They will usually shrink again after elective MRI scans should be performed after breastfeeding. menstruation and before ovulation. • Pregnancy and breast cancer is discussed in detail in Chapter 11. Pregnancy and lactation Menopause During pregnancy, autocrine and paracrine factors prepare the breast for lactation. The first phase of Menopause is described as ‘a cessation of ovarian growth is driven primarily by progesterone, and function and withdrawal of steroid hormones’. results in proliferation of distal ducts and lobular ‘Involutional changes’ of the breast (i.e. involution units. During the second phase, lobular units mature of breast epithelium and connective tissue) by differentiating into secretory units (acini) which become evident approximately 20  years after at the end of pregnancy become engorged with the menarche, and can be quite extensive by the colostrum while the fat and connective tissue of the time menopause is reached. Although there is an breast become almost entirely replaced by glandular increase in fat deposition, the overall volume of epithelium. Lactogenesis is a two­phase process the breast decreases during the menopause. The driven by prolactin and glucocorticoids: phase 1 incidence of breast cancer increases with age, and involves production of milk components by basal most breast cancers are seen in postmenopausal cells, engorgement of acini with colostrum, and women.15 proliferation of myoepithelial cells. Phase 2 occurs Clinical considerations at or just after parturition with initiation of milk secretion and is marked by a rise in oxytocin, and • In postmenopausal women, the principal a fall in placental hormones (progesterone), citrate source of circulating oestrogen is conversion and A­lactalbumin. Mature milk production usually of adrenally generated androstenedione to begins at 36­48 hours postpartum, and the rate of oestrone by aromatase in peripheral tissues lactation is constant for the first 6 months. Weaning with further conversion of oestrone to decreases the size and number of lobules and acini; the ducts are not affected. oestradiol. • New onset breast pain around the time of Clinical considerations menopause is a very common presentation to • Lactation disorders include failure to lactate, the primary physician/breast clinic. It is more delayed onset of lactation, or galactorrhoea likely to signify oestrogen withdrawal than (defined as ‘inappropriate secretion of milky underlying pathology. Most ‘breast’ pain in discharge in the absence of pregnancy/breast­ perimenopausal and postmenopausal women feeding for more than 6 months’). Retained does not originate from the breast but from the placenta can lead to delayed onset of lactation chest wall (see Chapter 3). due to the continued secretion of progesterone • Exogenous hormones (hormone replacement which suppresses lactation and may lead to life­ therapy or HRT) may result in the persistence threatening postpartum haemorrhage. Lactation of breast epithelium. HRT increases breast failure may be the first presentation of post­ tenderness, discomfort, nodularity and partum hypopituitarism (Sheehan’s syndrome). increases breast density. Breast cysts, which • A galactocele is a milk­filled cyst that usually usually resolve after menopause, may persist. occurs at the cessation of lactation and is Epidemiological studies show an increased risk thought to be the result of blocked drainage in developing breast cancer in women who take to the nipple, sometimes with thickened milk. combined (oestrogen and progesterone) HRT These present clinically as a well­circumscribed, compared with women who take oestrogen only, fluctuant mobile mass that typically resolves or placebo. As such, HRT should be avoided with aspiration. in women who have had a prior oestrogen • Pregnancy­associated fibroadenoma is a not receptor­positive breast cancer, or a significant uncommon finding. Pre­existing fibroadenomas family history.16 4 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Anatomy and physiology of the breast Breast anatomy contains blood and lymph vessels. An intact basement membrane that encloses the cancer cells thereby preventing lymphovascular invasion Microscopic anatomy is seen in ductal carcinoma in situ. Conversely, disruption of the basement membrane allows The breast gland is composed of glandular epithelium, cancer cells to invade the stroma and come into fibrous stroma and connective tissue surrounded by fat. The relative amount of each of these tissues contact with the lymphovascular system, which is under the control of circulating hormones and, defines invasive breast cancer. as such, varies according to age, menstrual cycle, • Non-epithelial tumours of the breast include pregnancy, parity and breastfeeding (Fig. 1.5). The sarcomas, lymphoma and phyllodes tumours. glandular epithelium forms a complex branching • Mammography can be limited by density of ductal system that radiates outward from the nipple the breast tissue. Younger women tend to have (10–20 primary ducts, 30–40 segmental ducts, and more glandular or dense breasts, limiting the 10–100 subsegmental ducts), each terminating in a sensitivity of mammography in this age group. lobular unit (terminal duct lobular unit or TDLU) that consists of clusters of ductules and acini.17 The breast epithelium is made up of three different cell types Gross anatomy with distinct morphological features: (i) the superficial luminal A cells: characterised by dark nuclei, thought Breast shape/skin to be responsible for milk production; (ii) the basal The breast tissue lies within the superficial fascia of (B) cells which have large, clear nuclei with distinctive the anterior chest wall, and is separated from the intracellular filaments (these are the most common cell skin by a layer of superficial fascia and subcutaneous type); and (iii) the myoepithelial cells which contain fat. It consists of approximately 15–20 duct/lobular contractile myofilaments, and are most abundant units that open individually onto the nipple areolar during lactation. Together, these cells assume a bi­ complex (NAC). The retro­areolar space contains layered configuration, which is surrounded by a thick smooth muscle, but no subcutaneous fat. The basement membrane. This basement membrane is suspensory ligaments of Cooper are fascial bands composed of collagen and laminin, and serves to that run from the deep layer of the superficial separate the breast epithelium from the blood and lymphatic vessels which lie within the stroma.18 fascia to the skin between the duct lobular units and, together with the skin envelope, provide Clinical considerations some support to the weight of the breast. There is no distinct fascial compartmentalisation of breast • Breast cancers are malignant proliferations of parenchyma. The deep layer of the superficial fascia epithelial cells. The basement membrane separates is separated from the pectoral fascia by a distinct the normal breast epithelium from stroma, which space known as the ‘retro­mammary space.’ Both the suspensory ligaments and the retro­mammary space contribute to the mobility of the gland. The glandular portion of the peri­pubertal, nulliparous breast lies almost entirely over the pectoralis muscle, extending into the lower axilla as the so­called axillary tail of Spence. At this stage of development, the breast assumes a classical, hemispheric shape. Increasing age, variations in body weight, pregnancy and lactation alter the consistency and density of the breast significantly; the mature breast becomes more lax and extends inferolaterally, assuming a somewhat flattened, pendulous shape.19 The precise determinants of breast shape and size are largely unknown. The relative volume of adipose­to­glandular tissue varies greatly, as does the degree of support that is provided by the skin envelope and suspensory ligaments of Figure 1.5 • Micrograph of haematoxylin and eosin Cooper. Breast ptosis is a natural consequence stained section of breast tissue showing terminal duct of ageing, and varies significantly among women lobular unit leading to duct. Note surrounding connective both in terms of degree, rate and age of onset tissue and adjacent fat. Courtesy of Dr Jeremy Thomas. (Fig. 1.6). It is influenced by a multitude of factors 5 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 a b c Figure 1.6 • (a) Grade 1 ptosis – nipple at level of inframmary fold. (b) Grade 2 ptosis – nipple below level inframmary fold but remains at anterior pole of breast. (c) Grade 3 ptosis – nipple below level of inframammary fold with nipple below anterior pole of breast. including: BMI (Body Mass Index), weight loss/ than the upper. This is likely due to gravity gain, smoking, pregnancies, breastfeeding, breast and weight of the breast leading to stretching size and reduction in skin elasticity that comes with of the skin, and should be considered when ageing.20 When performing surgery on the breast, planning the initial incision. Preoperative inspection, measurement and accurate marking review of the breast imaging, either digital of skin and breast gland extent are essential. mammogram or MRI, can help determine Preoperative marking includes an appreciation of skin crease lines (Kraissl) and Langer’s lines as the thickness of skin flaps and can help in well as surface measurements such as: position of identifying the major vessels supplying the the nipple relative to the mid­clavicular point and breast and overlying skin. inframammary fold, degree of ptosis, size of the • In cancer surgery, removal of the deep layer NAC, distance from the sternal notch to the nipple of the superficial fascia that encompasses the and from the midline to the nipple. The degree of breast is recommended to optimise clearance ptosis is assessed based on (a) the position of the at the posterior margin. This layer of fascia is NAC relative to the inframammary fold, and (b) the point direction the nipple.19 separate from the pectoral fascia, which can be left intact. There is no anatomical basis Clinical considerations for routine removal of pectoral fascia during • Appreciation of skin crease lines (Kraissl and breast­conserving surgery or mastectomy; Langer’s lines) will allow optimal selection of however, affected pectoral fascia and skin incisions for the patient. underlying muscle should be excised if involved • The skin and subcutaneous fat can be by tumour. separated from underlying breast tissue and • Tumours involving or adjacent to the breast along a relatively avascular plane. suspensory ligaments can pull or shorten these Dissection through this subdermal plane ligaments causing skin retraction or dimpling. preserves the blood supply to the skin flaps • The inferolateral extension of the breast means and minimises blood loss. Careful dissection in that the upper­outer quadrant of the breast has this plane is especially important for patients the greatest proportion of glandular tissue, and undergoing skin­sparing/nipple­sparing explains the increased incidence of breast cancer mastectomies. Some surgeons advocate sharp in this quadrant. dissection with scissors versus diathermy to • Reduction of the ptotic skin envelope is a useful prevent secondary thermal injury to skin flaps. technique, not only for aesthetic breast surgeons Others hydrodissect this natural plane using but also in the oncoplastic setting when a saline/epinephrine solution. The thickness undertaking a therapeutic or symmetriation of the skin flap varies significantly between procedure. It allows the resection of larger areas patients, and often the flap over the inferior of breast tissue while leaving a satisfactory part of the breast is considerably thinner breast shape. 6 Downloaded for Nad Khan ([email protected]) at ClinicalKey Global Flex Package Trial from ClinicalKey.com by Elsevier on March 26, 2019. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. Copyright ©2019. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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