Gestational Gigantomastia
Gestational gigantomastia is a rare condition characterized by fast, disproportionate and excessive breast growth, decreased quality of life in pregnancy, and presence of psychologic as well as physical complications. The etiology is not fully understood, although hormonal changes in pregnancy are c...
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| author | Halil Türkan M. Şehsuvar Gökgöz İsmet Taşdelen Halit Ziya Dündar |
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| description | Gestational gigantomastia is a rare condition characterized by fast, disproportionate and excessive breast growth, decreased quality of life in pregnancy, and presence of psychologic as well as physical complications. The etiology is not fully understood, although hormonal changes in pregnancy are considered responsible. Prolactin is the most important hormone. To date, 125 cases of gigantomastia have been reported in the literature. In this case presentation, we report a pregnant woman aged 26 years with a 22-week gestational age with gestational gigantomastia and review the diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease in relation with the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e95e0512d294d6e88d7887cce8b4a432023-02-15T16:13:39ZengGalenos Publishing HouseEuropean Journal of Breast Health2587-08312016-04-01122868710.5152/tjbh.2016.285213049054Gestational GigantomastiaHalil Türkan0M. Şehsuvar Gökgöz1İsmet Taşdelen2Halit Ziya Dündar3 Department of General Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey Department of General Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey Department of General Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey Department of General Surgery, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey Gestational gigantomastia is a rare condition characterized by fast, disproportionate and excessive breast growth, decreased quality of life in pregnancy, and presence of psychologic as well as physical complications. The etiology is not fully understood, although hormonal changes in pregnancy are considered responsible. Prolactin is the most important hormone. To date, 125 cases of gigantomastia have been reported in the literature. In this case presentation, we report a pregnant woman aged 26 years with a 22-week gestational age with gestational gigantomastia and review the diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease in relation with the literature. http://www.eurjbreasthealth.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/gestational-gigantomastia/42167 breastgigantomastiahypertrophymastectomy |
| spellingShingle | Halil Türkan M. Şehsuvar Gökgöz İsmet Taşdelen Halit Ziya Dündar Gestational Gigantomastia European Journal of Breast Health breast gigantomastia hypertrophy mastectomy |
| title | Gestational Gigantomastia |
| title_full | Gestational Gigantomastia |
| title_fullStr | Gestational Gigantomastia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gestational Gigantomastia |
| title_short | Gestational Gigantomastia |
| title_sort | gestational gigantomastia |
| topic | breast gigantomastia hypertrophy mastectomy |
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