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Partial breast resection for multifocal lower quadrant breast tumour using virtual reality

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BMJ CASE REPORTS
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages -

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BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241608

Keywords

breast surgery; breast cancer; radiology

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  1. Roche France

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Oncoplastic surgery expands the indications for conservative breast cancer treatments, and with the help of virtual reality software DIVA, precise visualization of tumors and breast volumes based on patient's MRI can be achieved to rapidly confirm and secure the indication for surgery, minimizing disfigurement for patients.
Oncoplastic surgery allows an increase in the number of indications for conservative breast cancer treatments. However, uncertainty as to whether it can be performed still exists in certain situations such as with multicentric or multifocal lesions, even when the breast volume can accommodate it. With the aid of a virtual reality software, DIVA, allowing the precise visualisation of tumours and breast volumes based entirely on the patient's MRI, we report the ability to rapidly confirm and secure an indication for partial surgery of multiple lesions in a 31-year-old patient. With the described approach, the patient did not have to suffer significant disfigurement from cancerous breast surgery without compromising safety.

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