Prepubertal gigantomastia treated by mastectomy with an implant

Ellouz, M.; Benjilani, S.

Annales de Chirurgie Plastique et Esthetique 35(2): 157-159

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0294-1260
PMID: 1696090
Document Number: 351640
The authors present an exceptional case of mammary giantism with marked ptosis covering the entire abdomen of an 11-year-old girl; this diffuse virginal hypertrophy, occurring in children or adolescents, results from a hypersensitivity of mammary tissue to a normal level of estrogen. Relapses from residual tissue following a mammaplasty reduction have led certain authors to propose immediate sub-cutaneous mastectomy and reconstitution by prothesis.

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