INTRODUCTION: The latissimus dorsi muscle is a wide and well vascularized flap with great versatility. Its reliance brings a very good option of reconstruction following mastectomy. It also can be used for head, neck and chest reconstruction both a pedicled or as a free flap. CASE REPORT: The authors present a case of a patient who was submitted to a left mastectomy 8 years ago and had immediate reconstruction with silicone implant that extruded due to radiotherapy. The initial surgery proposal was to perform a regular latissimus dorsi flap to rebuild the breast but during the procedure it was found a hypoplasic muscle that resulted in an impracticable proper reconstruction.
Mastectomy; Surgical flaps; Muscle, skeletal
