Surgical management of multiple bilateral fibroadenoma of the breast: the Ribeiro technique modified by Rezai.
BACKGROUND
Fibroadenomas are hyperplasia arising from the terminal ductulo-lobular unit and adjacent tissue of the breast. As single fibroadenoma, even giant ones are easily manageable, however multiple fibroadenomas pose a particular challenge.


METHODS
In 1971, Liacyr Ribeiro described his new technique for reduction mammaplasty. Four years later, the first 20 cases were published. This technique was introduced by Rezai in oncoplastic surgery. With free hand design, preoperative marking is performed- and the inferior pedicle modulated.


RESULTS
Selective resection of more than seventy fibroadenomas was performed on two patients. The technique allowed a modelling of the breast like a mastopexy through the inferior pedicle.


CONCLUSIONS
Multiple fibroadenomas of the breast are safely removable with the Ribeiro technique modified by Rezai.
Camara
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Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Bachstr 18, D-07740 Jena Germany. oumar.camara@med.uni-jena.de
Egbe
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Koch
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Herrmann
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Gajda
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Baltzer
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Runnebaum
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D000293:Adolescent; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging