title: The "round block" surgical technique in the management of multicentric fibroadenomas.
abstract: The "round block" surgical technique in the treatment of a female patient with multiple, multicentric fibroadenomas in both breasts is presented. The advantages of this technique for patients with multicentric benign breast lesions are minimal postoperative scar and a favourable aesthetic result. Breast dimensions and the areolar diameter were measured in 203 subjects of Primorsko-Goranska county during examination in the Out-Patient Hospital for Breast Diseases, including the operated patient. Smaller breast dimensions and a larger areolar diameter provide an easier access to any part of the breast due to a smaller distance between the incision and a fibroadenoma and a larger circumference of circular periareolar incision, thus facilitating the surgery. The analysis of average, maximum and minimum values measured shows that the "round block" technique can be performed in all cases of multiple and multicentric fibroadenomas regardless of breast size, areolar diameter and the location of fibroadenoma in the breast.
authors.affiliation: University of Rijeka, Rijeka University Hospital Center, Surgical Clinic, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: Franjo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lovasić
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petković
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Belac-Lovasić
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mustać
authors.forename: Miljenko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uravić
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zelić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged