Immediate breast reconstruction for phyllodes tumors

Phyllodes tumors are rare breast tumors. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment and mastectomy has been the traditional procedure adopted for these tumors. Although wide excision with adequate margins gives equivalent results, mastectomy may still be required if the tumors are very large. There are very few reports on the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy for phyllodes tumors. We present a series of 7 patients with phyllodes tumors who were treated with mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction. Mastectomy was conventional in 4 patients and skin sparing in 3. Reconstruction was performed with latissimus dorsi (LD) musculocutaneous flap in 4 patients and transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap in 3 patients. The mean follow-up was 40.1 months. One patient developed recurrence, 1 year after the surgery, which was treated with excision and radiotherapy. The cosmetic results were acceptable to all patients. Skin sparing mastectomy was associated with better cosmetic results.