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. 2024;39(2):68-72.

[Epidemio-Clinical And Therapeutic Aspects Of Gigantomastia At Point G University Hospital]

[Article in French]
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[Epidemio-Clinical And Therapeutic Aspects Of Gigantomastia At Point G University Hospital]

[Article in French]
A Y Togo et al. Mali Med. 2024.

Abstract

Gigantomastia is a rare benign mastopathy of unknown aetiology. It usually occurs in women during puberty or during pregnancy. It is characterized by excessive breast growth, which is psychologically and physically disabling. It is a pathology little studied because of its rarity. In order to describe the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects, we report the case of four young women. The study was longitudinal over a period of 3 months. We collected data for 6 years from October 1, 2016, to October 31, 2021, at the surgery department B of the "Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Point G". All patients who consulted for gigantomastia were included. At the end of our study, we found three cases of juvenile gigantomastia and one case of prepubertal gigantomastia. The couple mammography ultrasound performed in two patients, adenofibroma was associated with breast hypertrophy in one patient. The treatment was essentially surgical in our study. Reduction mammoplasty according to the technique of Mc Kissock and modified Mc Kissock was used. We did not note any complication such as nipple-areolar necrosis. All our patients were satisfied with the result.

La gigantomastie est une mastopathie bénigne rare d'étiologie non comprise. Elle survient généralement chez la femme au moment de la puberté ou pendant la grossesse. Elle est caractérisée par une croissance mammaire excessive, invalidante psychologiquement et physiquement. C'est une pathologie peu étudiée du fait de sa rareté. Dans le but de décrire les aspects épidémiologique, clinique, diagnostique et thérapeutique, nous rapportons trois cas de gigantomastie juvenille et un cas de gigantomastie pré pubertaire. Le couple mammographie échographie a été réalisé chez deux patientes, l'adénofibrome était associé à l'hyperthrophie mammaire chez une patiente. Le traitement a été essentiellement chirurgical dans notre étude. La mammoplastie de réduction selon la technique de Mac Kissock et Mac Kissock modifiée ont été réalisée. Nous n'avons pas noté de complication de type de nécrose aréolomammelonnaire. Toutes nos patientes ont été satisfaites du résultat.

Keywords: Gigantomastia; Gigantomastie; Mac Kissock; Mc Kissock; mammoplastie; mammoplasty; mastectomie; mastectomy.

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