TY - JOUR
T1 - Hyperplastic breast anomalies in the female adolescent breast
AU - Wolfswinkel, Erik M.
AU - Lemaine, Valerie
AU - Weathers, William M.
AU - Chike-Obi, Chuma J.
AU - Xue, Amy S.
AU - Heller, Lior
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Macromastia in adolescents is multifactorial and usually idiopathic, associated with obesity or hormonal imbalances. Less commonly, it can result from virginal or juvenile breast hypertrophy, a rare condition of unknown etiology, where an alarmingly rapid breast enlargement occurs during puberty. Breast hypertrophy in the adolescent population can have significant long-term medical and psychological impacts. Although symptoms can be severe, many plastic surgeons, pediatricians, and parents are often reluctant to surgically treat adolescent macromastia. However, reduction mammoplasty is a safe and effective treatment and may be the only way to alleviate the increased social, psychological, and physical strain caused by macromastia in adolescents.
AB - Macromastia in adolescents is multifactorial and usually idiopathic, associated with obesity or hormonal imbalances. Less commonly, it can result from virginal or juvenile breast hypertrophy, a rare condition of unknown etiology, where an alarmingly rapid breast enlargement occurs during puberty. Breast hypertrophy in the adolescent population can have significant long-term medical and psychological impacts. Although symptoms can be severe, many plastic surgeons, pediatricians, and parents are often reluctant to surgically treat adolescent macromastia. However, reduction mammoplasty is a safe and effective treatment and may be the only way to alleviate the increased social, psychological, and physical strain caused by macromastia in adolescents.
KW - adolescent
KW - juvenile breast hypertrophy
KW - macromastia
KW - reduction mammoplasty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878283783&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-0033-1347167
DO - 10.1055/s-0033-1347167
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AN - SCOPUS:84878283783
SN - 1535-2188
VL - 27
SP - 49
EP - 55
JO - Seminars in Plastic Surgery
JF - Seminars in Plastic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -