Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 223-242, April 2010

Breast problems and diseases in puberty

Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín”, University of Buenos Aires, Gynecology Division, Córdoba 2321, Buenos Aires, Argentina

published online 04 November 2009.

Summary 

Consultation regarding mammary pathology is frequent in teenagers; therefore gynaecologists and paediatricians must train to treat it appropriately, since it is different from the one observed in adult women. The main pathologies at this stage are mastalgias, development anomalies and benign tumours originating in fibro-connective tissue.

Keywords: breast problems in adolescent, breast growth, development anomalies, mammary ultrasound

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PII: S1521-6934(09)00125-4

doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.09.011

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 223-242, April 2010

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