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Gestational gigantomastia: Asystematic review of case reports
Journal of Mid-Life Health, 2017 Introduction: Gestational gigantomastia (GG) is a rare disease characterized by diffuse, extreme, and incapacitating enlargement of one or both breasts during pregnancy.
Mishu Mangla, Deepak Singla
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Innovative Application of Three-Dimensional-Printed Breast Model-Aided Reduction Mammaplasty
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 Symptomatic macromastia places a severe physical and psychological burden on patients. Reduction mammaplasty is the primary treatment; however, conventional surgery may lead to postoperative nipple-areolar complex necrosis due to damage to the dominant ...
Shaoheng Xiong +6 more
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BILATERAL BREAST SARCOMA IN WOMEN WITH MACROMASTIA [PDF]
, 2017 Bilateral breast sarcomas are rare malignancies of unknown etiology. Most common histological subtypes of breast sarcoma are angiosarcoma, fibrosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
Larysa Nitefor +5 more
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Bilateral gestational gigantomastia
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021 Gestational gigantomastia is a rare disease characterized by diffuse, extreme, and incapacitating enlargement of one or both breasts during pregnancy. Although benign, it can lead to a great social, emotional, and physical disability. A good and complete
Saad Benali, Jaouad Kouach
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Macromastia: a review of presentation and management
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2010 Macromastia is a condition of abnormal enlargement of the breast tissue in excess of the normal proportion. The condition may be caused by glandular hypertrophy, excessive fatty tissue or combination of both. The usual physiologic enlargement of female breast occurs over 3 to 5 years and the female breast size is related to body habitus and hereditary ...
G A, Rahman, I A, Adigun, I F, Yusuf
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Incorporating the surgical treatment of symptomatic macromastia into a Breast Cancer Unit: could this be a useful management policy? [PDF]
, 2011 Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (OBS) is becoming an integral part of breast cancer management, but training is difficult and not easily available. We propose a bold management policy: the introduction of the reduction mammaplasty into a Breast Cancer Unit ...
Santos, Rosa +1 more
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Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 Juvenile hypertrophy of the breast (JHB) is a rare and relentless disease affecting women in the peripubertal period. We present a 13‐year‐old girl with massive bilateral JHB, successfully treated with a breast reduction and free nipple graft technique. A total of 7300 grams of breast tissue had been removed, accounting for 14.9% of the patient’s total
Akmal Hisham +3 more
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The efficacy of breast reduction surgery in patients with symptomatic macromastia
, 2010 Purpose: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of breast reduction surgery in patients with symptomatic ...
Onceken, Ozgun +11 more
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Case Reports in Endocrinology, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 Background. Macroprolactinemia is defined as predominance of high molecular weight prolactin forms in the circulation. Although macroprolactin is considered as a biologically inactive molecule, some authorities suggest treatment in symptomatic cases.
Fatma Dilek Dellal +6 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: The impact of macromastia is unfortunately underestimated among developing South Asian countries. However, it remains a common cause of physical and emotional suffering among women. Aims and Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of
Kanchana Wijesinghe +7 more
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