Breast Lumpectomy Photo Gallery

Patient is a lovely 38 year old female with history of right breast cancer who underwent nipple sparing mastectomies and immediate reconstruction with tissue expanders and dermal matrix slings. She is shown 3 months after her second stage surgery to remove the expanders, place silicone breast implants and graft 140 cc of fat from her abdomen to her breasts. She has a natural looking result and was very happy with her reconstruction.

Patient is a 37-year-old female with right breast cancer and breast asymmetry. Bruising in the right breast from a breast biopsy is seen in the preop photo on the right. She underwent a simultaneous lumpectomy for breast cancer and oncoplastic breast reduction for balancing. This surgical technique allows maximal preservation of a patient’s natural breast and can reestablish symmetry and the tumor is removed. Radiation therapy to the right breast was started 6 weeks after surgery. There some residual redness and discoloration of the right breast skin following radiation. Postop photos on the right are 7 months after surgery.

51 year old female with right breast cancer underwent a right lumpectomy and oncoplastic breast reduction for symmetry. Her goal is to be a D cup breast after surgery. She also had some neck and back pain that prompted her interest in a breast reduction. Left breast was left slightly larger at the time of surgery in anticipation that the radiation would shrink the breast over the following year. She is shown 6 weeks after the surgery and prior to radiation therapy.

47 year old female with right cancer underwent a right lumpectomy, oncoplastic right breast reduction and a left breast reduction for symmetry. All procedures performed at one surgery. She is shown 2 months after surgery.

Patient is a 72-year-old female with Stage IIIa intraductal carcinoma of the right breast and macromastia (large breasts). She underwent simultaneous right breast lumpectomy to remove the breast cancer and oncoplastic breast reduction for balancing. This surgical technique allows maximal preservation of a patient’s natural breast and can reestablish symmetry and the tumor is removed. Photos are 5 months post op. Radiation therapy to the right breast was 2 months prior to the post op photos.

Patient is a 64-year-old female who underwent simultaneous lumpectomy for breast cancer and oncoplastic breast reduction for balancing. She later underwent radiation therapy to her breast after surgery. Photos on the right are shown 6 weeks post op.

Patient is a 35-year-old female who presented 1 year after a left lumpectomy for breast cancer followed by radiation treatment. She was unhappy with left nipple retraction and volume loss. She underwent fat grafting from her abdomen to the left breast and correction of her retracted left nipple. Post op photos on the right are 6 weeks after surgery.

Patient is a 64-year-old female who underwent simultaneous lumpectomy for breast cancer and oncoplastic breast reduction for balancing. She later underwent radiation therapy to her breast after surgery. Photos on the right are shown 6 weeks post op.

71 year old female with left breast cancer underwent a lumpectomy by a breast surgeon followed by an oncoplastic breast reduction by Dr Bartholomew for reconstruction.

44 year old female with left breast invasive lobular carcinoma underwent a left lumpectomy, left axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy and immediate reconstruction with a left oncoplastic breast reduction and right breast reduction for symmetry. Photos are 6 weeks after surgery.

45 year old female with invasive carcinoma of the right breast underwent a lumpectomy, right axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy and oncoplastic breast reduction for symmetry. She did well post operatively and is shown at 6 weeks after surgery prior to starting radiation treatments.

68 yo female with invasive left breast carcinoma underwent wire localized left lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy,oncoplastic left breast reduction, right breast reduction, and bilateral free nipple grafting. She is shown 3 months post op. She under went nipple grafts because of the large size of her breasts. The nipple grafts healed but have some residual hypopigmentation and scarring around the areola

Patient had a history of left lumpectomy and radiation for breast cancer. She presented several years later with significant breast asymmetry. She had scarring and hyperpigmentation of the left breast skin from radiation. She has a scar in her right upper chest from a chemotherapy port. The patient requested symmetrical and smaller breasts. She underwent bilateral breast reductions for symmetry. Due to her history of radiation, the scar pattern on the left breast was modified to prevent healing problems. An “anchor” skin incision pattern was utilized on the right breast. Photos shown are 3 months post op.

Patient is 74-year-old female with left breast cancer. The preop photo on the left demonstrates bruising from a left breast biopsy and breast ptosis(droopiness). The tumor was under her left nipple and the nipple would collapse if the tumor was simply removed. Oncoplastic breast surgery was done together with the lumpectomy in order to move tissue from her left breast under the nipple for support. Photos are shown 6 weeks post op. She later underwent radiation therapy to her breast.

Patient is a 57-year-old female with right breast cancer who elected to have a lumpectomy. Her tumor was very large would create a retracted defect in her right breast. In order to create better symmetry and prevent retraction of the skin around the tumor site, she underwent oncoplastic breast reduction to rearrange the tissue in her breasts. She underwent radiation therapy to her right breast after surgery. Photos on the right are 1.5 years after surgery.