Herniation of part of the breast through a congenital defect of the superficial fascia of the anterior thoracic wall.
This report describes the management of a 28-year-old female patient who had herniation of part of her left breast through a defect in the superficial fascia of the anterior thoracic wall. Closure of the defect was associated with correction of the deformity. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing such a lesion.
Yaghan
Rami J
RJ
Department of General Surgery, King Abdulla I Teaching Hospital, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030 Irbid, Jordan. lamees32@yahoo.com
Heis
Hussein A
HA
Lataifeh
Isam M
IM
Al-Khazaaleh
Oddai A
OA
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D013909:Thorax