A 56-year-woman suffering from excessive breast growth underwent a successful surgery at a hospital here to reduce the weight by 11 kg, thus providing her relief from chronic back and shoulder pain.
The patient suffered from a rare condition called Gigantomastia, which is characterized by excessive breast growth, said Dr Ajaya Kashyap, Medical Director, KAS Medical Centre and MedSpa.
In such cases, breast reduction is usually the best treatment option, and her preliminary assessment backed the same.
Left untreated, she would have developed degenerative kyphosis, a condition in which a person's spine curves forward, forming a hump or hunchback.
While kyphosis itself is a painful and physically limiting condition, its progression could further lead to shortness of breath due to lung compression.
Moreover, if the nerves running through the spine become compressed or pinched due to its bending, the nerve signals could get disrupted and cause numbness or weakness in the limbs, problems with the sense of balance and even loss of normal bladder or bowel control, doctors said.
Dr Kashyap said, "According to guidelines, breast reduction surgery with or without hormonal therapy is usually the first line of treatment for Gigantomastia."
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