Gigantomastia in puberty
Nepomniatshchaia, E.M.; Guleva, M.N.; Bondar', I.V.
Arkhiv Patologii 51(5): 69-72
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 2774998 Document Number: 337726
The authors present a case of gigantomastia in a 14-year-old girl, which was accompanied with sharp increase in both mammae. Examinations failed to show hormonal alterations, carcinomas of the genitals and hypophysis. The two mammary glands were removed. Histological examination revealed that there was no lobular structure, ductus covered with thickened or cubic endothelium were cystically enlarged, the stroma consisted of dense connective tissue. The pathological condition described occurs extremely rarely.