Diagnosis and treatment of simple macromastia and complex macromastia / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective　To study the clinica features, diagnosis and surgical treatment of simple and complex macromastia. Methods　The clinical and pathological data of 21 patients with macromastia in our hospital from 1990 to 2000 were analysed retrospectively. Simple macromastia in 16 patients with 29 breasts, complex macromastia in 5 patients with 8 breasts. Results　The average age of patients was 23 years old. All the 21 patients were treated surgically. Among the 5 patients with complex macromastia, subcutaneous mastectomy and reconstruction were performed on 2 patients with breast fibroadenomatosis; of the 2 patients with giant fibroadenoma, one underwent tumor excision, the others were subjected to tumor excision with reduction mammaplasty; the last one with breast fibrous disease, selective partial breast excision and reduction mammaplasty was performed. All the patients had satisfactory mammary appearance and hadn't recurrrence of the breast disease in follow up period. Conclusions　(1) Macromastia often happens in the adolescent and young women. (2) It is necessary to do biopsy during operation for distinguishing the simple from the complex macromastia. (3) The treatment for simple macromatia is reduction mammaplasty; for complex macromatia is dissection of the disease area completely and redution mammaplasty simultaneously. For macromastia with fibroadenomatosis, subcutaneous mastectomy with reconstruction can prevent tumor recurrence and get better mammary appearance.