SURGICAL ONCOPLASTIC TECHNIQUE FOR GIANT FIBROADENOMA

FIBROADENOMAS ARE THE MOST COMMON TUMORS AFFECTING WOMEN DURING THEIR REPRODUCTIVE YEARS. FIBROADENOMAS WITH A DIAMETER LARGER THAN 5 CM OR A ESTIMATED WEIGHT GREATER THAN 500 GRA MS ARE CONSIDERED GIANT FIBROADENOMAS. THESE RAPIDLY GROWING LESIONS ARE RARE, WITH A REPORTED INCIDENCE OF ABOUT 4% OF ALL FIBROADENOMAS. DESPITE THEIR BENIGNITY, THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE MUCH MORE SEVERE, CAUSING PRONOUNCED ASYMMETRY OF THE BREASTS, DISTORTIO N OF THE OVERLYING SKIN AND STRETCHING OF THE NIPPLE, WHICH LEAD TO EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND DISCOMFORT IN AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS. ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY COMBINES BREAST NEOPLASIA MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES WITH PLASTIC SURGERY TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN BOTH AN ON COLOGIC AND COSMETIC SUCCES. EVEN THOUGH USUALLY IT REFERS TO BREAST CANCER, ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY SKILLS CAN BE APPLIED FOR THE EXCISION OF LARGE BENIGN TUMORS, SUCH AS GIANT FIBROADENOMAS. IN THIS ARTICLE, WE PRESENT A CASE OF A 18 YEARS OLD PATIENT ADMITTED IN GENERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT OF COL ȚEA HOSPITAL, DIAGNOSED WITH GIANT FIBROADENOMA AND MANAGED BY MAKING USE OF ONCOPLASTIC TECHNIQUES.

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