Breast Mass in a Rubens Painting.
Deformity of the breast and axilla observed in famous paintings is a fascinating field for the medico-artists. The attempt of a retrospective diagnosis of breast tumors is highly challenging. This paper deals with a Rubens painting portraying the heroine Judith with a visible but previously unreported left breast mass. Though speculative, the present medico-artistic diagnosis is of a tumor likely to be of benign nature. It is of interest that the present case is the sixth breast disease discovered in Rubens's works.
Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Villa Salaria Clinic, Rome, Italy.|Center for Medical Humanities, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.
Davide
D
Lazzeri
Center for Medical Humanities, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.
Donatella
D
Lippi
Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Villa Salaria Clinic, Rome, Italy.
Manuel Francisco
MF
Castello
School of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.|School of Humanities, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
George M
GM
Weisz