Extreme gigantomastia in pregnancy: Case report and review of literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Antevski, Borce M ^a,c   Smilevski, Dragan A ^a   Stojovski, Marijan Z ^a   Filipovski, Vanja A ^b   Banev, Saso G ^b  

^a Institute of Clinical Biochemistry   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c NONE   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Gigantomastia; Pregnancy; Simple mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST REDUCTION; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MASTECTOMY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MASTECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33847666052     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0190-7     Document Type: Article

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