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AAP Grand Rounds 14:21-22 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

PLASTIC SURGERY

Pediatric Breast Anomalies

Source: Sadove AM, van Aalst JA. Congenital and acquired pediatric breast anomalies: a review of 20 years’ experience. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005;115:1039–1050.[Medline]

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The authors, from Indiana University, provide a 20-year retrospective review of 66 patients with congenital and acquired breast anomalies treated in an academic practice in Indianapolis. Based on their review, a classification system for both congenital and acquired anomalies is presented, which provides the basis for categorizing treatment options and outcomes. Hyperplastic abnormalities were classified in 44 patients (mean age at initial operation 17.4 years) and included gynecomastia, hyperplasia, polythelia (the presences of supernumerary nipples), polymastia, and giant fibroadenoma. Deformational abnormalities were divided . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Fernando D. Burstein, MD, FACS, FAAP
Pediatric Plastic Surgery and Craniofacial Surgery, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

 





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