Pediatric plastic surgery

Prune Belly

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Prune Belly Jamie C. Harris Fizan Abdullah DEFINITION1,2 Prune belly is an extremely rare disease, occurring in 1/35 000 live births. The majority of patients are male (FIG 1). It…

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Sacrococcygeal Teratoma

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Sacrococcygeal Teratoma Nicholas J. Ahn William H. Peranteau DEFINITION Usually benign extragonadal germ cell tumor that develops prenatally, involving the coccyx with various degrees of pelvic and intra-abdominal involvement. It…

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Juvenile Hypertrophy

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Juvenile Hypertrophy Dennis C. Hammond Eric Yu Kit Li DEFINITION Juvenile or virginal breast hypertrophy is a rare condition characterized by atypical and pronounced breast growth during puberty in the…

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Gynecomastia

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Gynecomastia Dennis C. Hammond Eric Yu Kit Li DEFINITION Gynecomastia involves the abnormal proliferation of glandular breast tissue in men, resulting in breast enlargement.1,2 It is distinguished from pseudogynecomastia or…

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Poland Syndrome

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Poland Syndrome Patrick J. Buchanan Paul S. Cederna DEFINITION Poland syndrome is a developmental defect characterized by varying degrees of unilateral pectoralis major aplasia, thoracic skeletal defects, breast hypoplasia or…

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