Subcutaneous mastectomy for gigantomastia in an adolescent girl. Case report.
A 12-year-old patient with macromastia had 8,000 gm of breast tissue removed in a reduction mammaplasty. After a recurrence 14 months later, she had a subcutaneous mastectomy in which 2,000 gm more of breast tissue was removed from the breast and silicone prostheses were inserted. She has a good result, and we think this last operation should be used more often in these cases.
D000293:Adolescent; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008408:Mastectomy; D012008:Recurrence; D013518:Surgery, Plastic