title: Unilateral gigantomastia related to juvenile fibroadenoma with idiopathic thoracic scoliosis.
abstract: A 15-year-old girl was referred to our Department by the orthopedic surgeons, showing a massive unilateral gigantomastia of her right breast and a progressive idiopathic thoracic scoliosis. Ventral positioning of the patient for the planned scoliosis correction was impossible without prior treatment of the hypertrophic breast. In the first operation the fibroadenoma with a total weight of 3020 g was resected and histological examination revealed diagnosis of a juvenile giant fibroadenoma, which is a rare tumor of the stromal breast tissue. Tumor resection was followed by anterior thoracic release and posterior scoliosis correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria. dolores.wolfram@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolfram
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Behensky
authors.forename: Hildegunde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Piza-Katzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae