Mulher haitiana e mastectomia radical sem diagnóstico de câncer de mama : relato de caso

Abstract

This study intended to narrate the experience of a Haitian woman who came to the city of Cuiabá in 2013 and the same year experienced a radical mastectomy without a diagnosis of breast cancer. The research, set up as a case study, was based on the case report of a Haitian woman of 39 years old, who underwent the mastectomy procedure radical at the end of the year 2013. The report was carried out through semi-structured interviews with open questions and to the medical record of patient access, either with the consent of the interviewee. Such a woman migrant in a vulnerable state, without knowledge of Portuguese began to show symptoms of severe pain in the breast and in your path to health problem solution, undergoes a total mastectomy procedure breast without a closed diagnosis for cancer breast, such procedure was performed without understanding the patient and without following the procedures for coping policies of breast cancer recommend, marking forever the history of life of migrant women.