title: A case of congenital unilateral amastia.
abstract: Numerous reports have been published regarding the reconstruction of the breast, but the majority of these reports focus on breast reconstruction for defects caused by the removal of breast cancers. The authors treated a rare case of unilateral amastia where a 54-year-old female had a complete absence of the breast on one side, though the breast on the other side was intact. The defect was reconstructed successfully with a transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (TRAM) flap. The present study introduces this rare case with reference to past reports of amastia.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-Ward Shinanomachi 35, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Asako
authors: A
authors: Hatano
authors: Tomohisa
authors: T
authors: Nagasao
authors: Keiichi
authors: K
authors: Sotome
authors: Yusuke
authors: Y
authors: Shimizu
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Kishi
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps