Gigantomastia: A problem of local recurrence

Kulkarni, Deepak; Beechey-Newman, N.; Hamed, Hisham; Is, Fentiman

doi:10.1016/j.breast.2005.03.002

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“…Gigantomastia has also been reported in cases of mirror syndrome in pregnancy 6. The description of a few cases outside puberty and pregnancy7 8 makes the hormonal aetiology even more uncertain. It has also been suggested that the condition could arise as a complication of d -penicillamine therapy 9…”

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Gestational gigantomastia with complete resolution in a Nigerian woman

Ezem

Osuagwu²,

Opara³

2011

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BACKGROUNDGestational gigantomastia is a very rare condition and only about 100 cases have been reported in the literature. This is the fi rst case of gigantomastia in pregnancy in our collective experience and is signifi cant because to the best of our knowledge, few cases of postpartum complete spontaneous resolution have been reported. The breasts are of vital importance to the newborn child, particularly in developing countries where breast feeding is common. Breast feeding confers numerous advantages on the infant including reduced mortality rate and improved neurological development. Physiological enlargement of the breasts occurs at puberty and during pregnancy, when it starts very early and is sustained until delivery. The factors controlling breast growth are complex and not completely understood, although oestrogens, progesterones, prolactin, growth hormone and adrenal steroids are all known to play a role. Sometimes this process goes wrong resulting in an excessively large and painful breast called gestational gigantomastia (gravidic gigantomastia, mammary hyperplasia of pregnancy) or virginal hyperplasia when it occurs at puberty. This rare but important condition of the breast not only interferes with breast feeding but may cause severe maternal morbidity and even mortality.

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Gestational gigantomastia with complete resolution in a Nigerian woman

Ezem

Osuagwu²,

Opara³

2011

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“…Les gigantomasties apparaissent dans deux situations : la grossesse et la puberté, il n'existe que deux cas décrits en dehors de ces deux périodes [5,6] mais aucun après la ménopause. Le développement bilatéral est de règle, on ne retrouve qu'un seul cas unilatéral décrit [7].…”

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Gigantomastie gestationnelle. À propos d’un cas exceptionnel

Rausky

Roziers

Daoud

et al. 2011

Journal de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproducti

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“…Notably, these nerves overlap, which could explain why sensitivity remains after some of them have been cut (1,17).…”

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“…In fat and multiparous women, instead of ending in a point, the breast retains an almost unvarying diameter (cylindrical breast). In other circumstances, it has a narrow diameter at its attachment to the chest (pedicle breast) (1)(2)(3).…”

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Anatomical basis of pedicles in breast reduction

Irigo¹,

Coscarelli²,

Rancati

2017

Gland Surg.

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Abstract:The mammary gland is composed of multiple tubules acinar pockets in which the secretory layer, connective tissue stroma, and fatty tissue all respond to hormonal and systemic influences. These structures are irrigated by three vascular pedicle branches, from the axillary artery, internal mammary artery, and intercostal artery. This vascular anastomotic arrangement forms the anatomical basis of the flaps used in breast reduction techniques. The veins form a strong subdermal network, latticed with the arterial network.The lymph vessels have three well-defined pedicles, skin, glandular and milk ducts that drain into internal, external, and posterior ducts. The understanding of these anatomical structures determines the selection of different pedicles in breast volume reduction and preservation of the nipple-areola complex circulation.

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Gigantomastia: A problem of local recurrence

Cited by 27 publications

References 6 publications

Gestational gigantomastia with complete resolution in a Nigerian woman

Gestational gigantomastia with complete resolution in a Nigerian woman

Gigantomastie gestationnelle. À propos d’un cas exceptionnel

Anatomical basis of pedicles in breast reduction

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