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CASE REPORT
Breast reconstruction in a patient with Noonan syndrome
  1. Basel Sharaf1,
  2. Mohamed Diya Sabbagh1,
  3. Si-Gyun Roh2
  1. 1Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  2. 2Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Korea
  1. Correspondence to Dr Basel Sharaf, sharaf.basel{at}gmail.com

Summary

Noonan syndrome (NS) is a relatively common genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern affecting 1 in 1000–2500 births. Patients with this syndrome present with characteristic facial, musculoskeletal, cardiac and endocrine abnormalities. Lack of postpubertal breast development is a common manifestation of this syndrome and may result in severe hypomastia and a masculine appearance of the female chest. We report the first case of breast reconstruction in a 24-year-old woman with NS who lacked postpubertal breast development. Technical considerations for addressing the existing chest wall deformity, implant pocket selection as well as emphasis on the role of the plastic surgeon are presented.

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Footnotes

  • Contributors MDS performed the literature review, S-GR prepared the case report and BS critically edited the manuscript.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Patient consent Obtained.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.