Benign breast disease and cancer.
We report the necessity for thoroughly understanding the physiopathology of benign breast lesions in order to treat each type of lesion adequately. Three groups of women are outlined as a practical approach to this problem. Subadipose mastectomy is proposed to treat heteronodular mastopathy. This operation is compared with the subcutaneous mastectomy proposed by plastic surgeons.
D001940:Breast / Q000503:physiopathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy