Management of axillary dermatolipodystrophy following massive reduction mammaplasty.

Rapid increase in breast volume in a 14-year old

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This 14 year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of massive increase in breast volume. She was peripubertal and became homebound ever since. On examination, she had an important bilateral and symmetric breast ptosis with widening of the nipple-areolar complex. No bre...

Occult breast cancer during reduction mammoplasty: case report.

AIM Breast carcinoma occurring in routine reduction mammaplasty is rare. MATERIAL OF STUDY In our Breast Unit each patient eligible for any breast surgery is routinely evaluated by preoperative breast imaging. We reported the clinical case of a woman with an infiltrating lobular breast cancer detected during surgical reduction mammaplasty despite a negative preoperative bilateral mammography....

Unilateral Sensation Loss of the NAC After Superomedial Pedicle Reduction Mammaplasty

Histopathological Evaluation of Reduction Mammaplasty Specimens to Detect Occult Breast Cancer: A Report from Southern Iran

BACKGROUND Reduction mammaplasty (RM) is among the commonly performed procedures by plastic surgeons. Occult breast cancers are rarely detected in these specimens. The purpose of the study was to describe histopathological evaluation of reduction mammaplasty specimens to detect occult breast cancer in Southern Iran. METHODS The histological diagnosis of 350 RM specimens from 175 patients...

Patient satisfaction with vertical reduction mammaplasty: Part I.

BACKGROUND Patients with breast hypertrophy often experience a number of physical symptoms (including intertrigo, painful bra strap grooves, upper and lower back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, arm pain, numbness or pain in the hands, breast pain, and headaches), as well as psychosocial difficulty. Although these preoperative symptoms have been well-documented in the literature, formal postoper...