Bilateral Thoracodorsal Neuromas: A Cause of Persistent Breast Pain after Bilateral Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction

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Zhu, Lin (Department Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital) ;
Batdorf, Niles J (Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic) ;
Meares, Annie L (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic) ;
Sukov, William R. (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic) ;
Lemaine, Valerie (Division of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic)

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