Subcutaneous mastectomy for juvenile hypertrophy of the breast: report of a case.
Massive juvenile hypertrophy of the breast in a 12-year-old girl was successfully treated with a primary subcutaneous mastectomy and secondary placement of gel-filled silastic implants. The patient weighed 114 pounds and her breasts weighed 15 1/2 pounds. Small foci of regrowth occurred at the lateral ends of the mastectomy incisions only; a total of five of these foci were removed. Six years later no evidence of further residual breast tissue was noted and the breasts have been satisfactorily reconstructed.
D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D008408:Mastectomy; D009929:Organ Size; D013518:Surgery, Plastic