Correction of vitiligo with contralateral areolar skin graft during mammary reduction plasty.
Vitiligo has been reported to be a contraindication against reduction mammaplasty. However, this report shows for the first time that reduction mammaplasty may serve as a means to excise breast vitiligo lesions and to repigment the recipient areola by a contralateral areolar full-thickness skin graft onto the deepidermized recipient areola. The repigmented areolar skin remained stable and cosmetically pleasing for over 4 years by now. There was no vitiligo occurring in the incision lines.
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Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Medical School, Freiburg, Germany.
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*