| Tuberous breasts | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A pair of tuberous breasts displaying typical characteristics such as minimal breast tissue and enlarged, puffy areola. | |
| Specialty | Plastic surgery  |
| Complications | low milk production[1] |
| Usual onset | puberty |
| Duration | life |
| Treatment | breast augmentation |
| Prognosis | benign |
| Frequency | unknown |
Tuberous breasts (or tubular breasts) are a result of a congenital abnormality[2] of the breasts which can occur in both men and women (also see Hypoplasia), one breast or both. During puberty breast development is stymied and the breasts fail to develop normally and fully. The exact cause of this is as yet unclear; however, a study in 2011 of the cells in the breasts of both males and females with tubular breasts suggested a genetic link in a disorder of collagen deposition.[3] The condition is thought to affect one to five per cent of breast augmentation patients;[4] however, the proportion of the general population affected is unknown as surgery is not always sought.
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- ^ Panchapakesan V, Brown MH (January 2009). "Management of tuberous breast "deformity" with anatomic cohesive silicone gel breast implants". Aesthetic Plast Surg. 33 (1): 49–53. doi:10.1007/s00266-008-9234-7. PMID 18752021. S2CID 25422938.
- ^ Klinger, Marco; Caviggioli, Fabio; Klinger, Francesco; Villani, Federico; Arra, Erseida; Di Tommaso, Luca (2011). "Tuberous breast: Morphological study and overview of a borderline entity". Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery (in English and French). 19 (2): 42–44. doi:10.1177/229255031101900210. PMC 3328117. PMID 22654530.
- ^ "Breast Augmentation...on Tubular Breasts". Retrieved 2010-03-14.