Idiopathic gigantomastia exacerbated during pregnancy. Its relationship with autoimmunity : A case report

© 2023 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

Gigantomastia is a rare entity characterized by diffuse and excessive breast enlargement. It mainly occurs during puberty and pregnancy as a consequence of hormonal fluctuations. We report an unusual case of gigantomastia in a 29-year-old woman with a history of personal and familiar autoimmune phenomena. She had autoimmune thyroiditis and several positive autoantibodies, and developed 3 crises of the disease, 1 related to pregnancy (possibly hormone-mediated), and 2 unrelated to pregnancy in which an autoimmune role is raised based in clinical, histological and laboratory findings. Immunological aspects that may be involved in this presentation of the disease are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

International journal of rheumatic diseases - 26(2023), 12 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 2567-2571

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Biancha-Vasco, Juan M [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz P, Anyela L [VerfasserIn]
Gómez, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Rios-Serna, Lady J [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Ordoñez, Ingrid [VerfasserIn]
Tobón, Gabriel J [VerfasserIn]
Sua, Luz Fernanda [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez, Aura [VerfasserIn]
Cañas, Carlos A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antinuclear autoantibodies
Autoimmune thyroiditis
Breast enlargement
Case Reports
Gestational gigantomastia

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 04.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1756-185X.14754

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357210220