Juvenile Breast Hypertrophy

Juvenile Breast Hypertrophy. Juvenile hypertrophy is characterized by rapid and atypical breast growth during puberty Initial growth over the first 6 months may be extreme followed by a longer period of slower growth Disease onset can be anytime during puberty but in most cases it is shortly after thelarche (ages 9 to 13) Involvement can be either unilateral which is more common or bilateral.

Virginal or juvenile breast breast hypertrophy is a rare and distinct disorder with the rapid onset of macromastia at the onset of puberty Most patients with macromastia have breasts which develop normally at puberty but simply reach excessive size (12).

Breast hypertrophy Wikipedia

Juvenile (or virginal) breast hypertrophy is a rare and incapacitating condition where an atypical alarmingly rapid and continued breast growth occurs during puberty (Fig 2A) Author Erik M Wolfswinkel Valerie Lemaine William M Weathers Chuma J ChikeObi Amy S Xue Lior HellCited by Publish Year 2013.

juvenile breast hypertrophy General Practice Notebook

Juvenile hypertrophy of the breast (JHB) is a rare and relentless disease affecting women in the peripubertal period We present a 13yearold girl with massive bilateral JHB successfully treated with a breast reduction and free nipple graft technique A total of 7300 grams of breast tissue had bee Author Akmal Hisham Marzida Abd Latib Normala BasironCited by Publish Year 2017.