title: [Relapse of gigantomastia after mammoplasty. Report of a case and literature review].
abstract: Gigantomastia is a very rare entity of undetermined aetiology that may be due to hormonal imbalance, decreased hormonal catabolism or hypersensitivity of the target organ. It poses the problem of surgical treatment, which can be exceptionally radical of necessity. We report a case of a 32-year-old woman of whom volume and vasculocutaneous complications required a simple bilateral mastectomy to treat a recurrence of gigantomastia occurring some months after a mammoplasty. Most of the cases of gigantomastia found in the literature are associated to the pregnancy or puberty and very rare cases of spontaneous gigantomastia were listed.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie carcinologique, institut Salah-Azaiz, boulevard 9-Avril, Bab-Saadoun, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chargui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houimli
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Damak
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khomsi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Hasouna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamoudi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boussen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rahal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D008408:Mastectomy; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors