1. A case of gestational gigantomastia in a 37-years-old woman associated with elevated ANA: a casual linkage?
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Nicola Zingaretti, Fabrizio De Biasio, Michele Riccio, Nastassia Nardini, Laura Mariuzzi, and Pier Camillo Parodi
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gigantomastia ,pregnancy ,reduction mammoplasty ,breast hypertrophy ,undifferentiated connective tissue disease ,Medicine - Abstract
Hypertrophy of the breast (macromastia and gigantomastia) is a rare medical condition of the breast connective tissues. The etiology of this condition is still not clear; rarely, gigantomastia has been reported to develop in the setting of an autoimmune illness. We reported a case of a 37-years-old woman with undifferentiated connective tissue disease of 2-years duration presented with enlargement of breasts. The breast enlargment started at5 months of gestation. She successfully underwent reduction mammoplasty with free nipple graft. In the succeeding monthsthe level of antinuclear ANA remained stable. It is uncertain whether a positive antinuclear antibodies in gigantomastia is a casuative agent or an effect.
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- 2017
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