Breast Mass in a Rubens Painting

نویسندگان

  • Davide Lazzeri
  • Donatella Lippi
  • Manuel Francisco Castello
  • George M. Weisz
چکیده

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.

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دوره 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016