Rates of breast reconstruction uptake and attitudes toward breast cancer and survivorship among south asians: A literature review.

Our aim in this review was to ascertain rates of breast reconstruction among South Asian patients and identify attitudes towards breast cancer, survivorship, and breast reconstruction. Mastectomy rates for South Asian patients ranged from 52% to 77% and reconstruction following mastectomy varied from 0% to 14%. A negative perception of cancer, fears of social isolation, and taboos around breasts can prevent South Asian women from receiving surgical care after a breast cancer diagnosis.

Bilateral Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy in a Patient with a COL4A2 Mutation.

Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is a common cause of vision loss in adults and is thought to be due to compromised perfusion to the optic nerve head. Patients with NAION in one eye are at risk of recurrence in the fellow eye. We report a case of sequential, bilateral NAION in a patient who was found to have a COL4A2 mutation. COL4A2 encodes a subunit of the collagen 4 protein, the major component of the human basement membranes, and has several known cerebrovascular and ocular associations.