An idiopathic gigantomastia

Abstract

Gigantomastia is a rare condition characterized by excessive breast growth. It has been reported that the majority of gigantomastia cases occur during either pregnancy or puberty. We were presented with a rare case of gigantomastia associated with neither pregnancy nor puberty, and successfully treated it with reduction mammaplasty and free nipple graft. This idiopathic gigantomastia is the very first case in Korea, and adds to the worldwide total of 9 reported cases.

Gestational Gigantomastia Complicating Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…Since most cases of gigantomastia occur during puberty or pregnancy, one possible etiology is the excessive release of estrogen or prolactin [ 5 , 27 , 28 ]. However, many cases of gigantomastia have occurred in a setting of normal hormone levels or even after medical suppression with bromocriptine [ 29 ].…”

“…Secondary infection (e.g., puerperal mastitis, pyogenic abscess) and sepsis may also occur in the absence of appropriate medical treatment [ 6 , 19 , 20 , 39 , 40 ]. Apart from physical complications, patients are often ostracized due to their physical appearance and suffer psychological trauma, depression, and sociophobia [ 3 , 5 – 8 , 10 ].…”

“…Gigantomastia in pregnancy, also known as gestational gigantomastia (GG) and gravid macromastia, is a rare condition that presents as breast enlargement during pregnancy [ 1 , 2 ]. The first case of GG was described by Palmuth in 1648 [ 3 – 5 ]. Since his initial description, approximately 100 cases have been reported in the literature [ 4 , 6 , 7 ].…”

Extreme Idiopathic gigantomastia

“…2 To our knowledge, idiopathic gigantomastia have been reported in only 11 cases. 3,4 Authors report a rare case of idiopathic gigantomastia successfully treated with breast surgery reduction.…”

Staged surgical correction of gigantomastia

“…Термин «гигантомастия» впервые введен в немецкой литературе T. Palmuth еще в 1648 г. [5,10]. Различают истинную (гипертрофия железистой ткани) и ложную (разраста-ние жировой ткани) гигантомастию.…”