• Revista clínica española · May 1996

    [The phantom breast syndrome].

    • S Poma, R Varenna, G Bordin, T Rubino, F Fuertes Guiró, M T Ambrosini, and V Moschini.
    • División de Cirugía General, Institutos Clínicos de Perfeccionamiento de Milán, Italia.
    • Rev Clin Esp. 1996 May 1;196(5):299-301.

    BackgroundThe phantom breast syndrome (PBS) is a complication of mastectomy which consists of a sensation of breast persistence after mastectomy. MATERIALS, PATIENTS AND METHODS: The incidence, clinical course and location of PBS in 97 operated women were studied for a 15-year period. All women were interviewed in postoperative follow-up controls after mastectomy.ResultsThe incidence of PBS was 29 patients out of the 97 total. The syndrome was present for more than 48 months in eleven of these patients. In most cases the location of "phantom sensations" was the nipple (15 cases) and the entire breast in five patients. In only three patients was phantom breast pain (PBP) reported whereas some discomfort was reported by the other patients.ConclusionsThe incidence of PBS in our series was similar to that reported by other authors, but PBP was less common. Neither postoperative sequelae nor the antitumoral specific therapy seemed to have influence on the emergence of PBS.

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