[Lactation after breast plastic surgery: literature review]. / Montée laiteuse après chirurgie plastique du sein: revue de la littérature.

The occurrence of lactation is a rare complication of breast plastic surgery. During the course of his practice, the plastic surgeon will probably encounter this complication. The goal of this article is to carry out a literature review of all published galactorrhea and/or galactocele cases following a breast-reduction or a breast-augmentation, representing a total of 34 cases reported in 21 articles. The physiopathology of this complication is linked to an inappropriate secretion of prolactin in a surgical context. The factors favoring this complication would be the number of pregnancies, a history of recent and extensive nursing, and the intake of certain medicines such as an oestro-progestative pill. The main symptom of this complication is the occurrence of a uni- or bilateral galactorrhea, on average 12.6 days after the surgery. The main differential diagnosis is a postoperative infection. The explorations presented a hyperprolactinemia in 69% of cases. No biological inflammatory syndrome was reported. A fluid collection evoking a galactocele was visible on the ultrasound in 65% of cases. One case of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma was reported. Depending on the case, the treatment varied from a simple surveillance to the association of a dopamine agonist, an antibiotic therapy, and a surgical revision. A diagnostic and therapeutic management strategy is proposed.

[Breast reconstruction for gigantomastia complicating pregnancy. A case report]. / Reconstruction mammaire après gigantomastie gestationnelle: à propos d'un cas exceptionnel.

The authors report a very rare case of gestational gigantomastia and the pregnancy could be carried out in term. The patient has been operated of bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. Surgery is the only radical treatment. Mastectomy with secondary reconstruction is reserved to cases where the intervention must be fast. Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction is the advised intervention if there is a later desire of pregnancy. Mammary reduction is more aesthetic, and allows only one intervention, but exposes to an important risk of recurrence and is not recommended if there is a later desire of pregnancy.

[Resurfacing of a trochanteric pressure sore by a pedicled fasciocutaneous anterolateral thigh flap: a case report]. / Couverture d'une escarre trochantérienne par lambeau pédiculé fasciocutané antéro-latéral de cuisse.

The anterolateral thigh flap is usually used as a free flap for various kinds of reconstruction and resurfacing of distant areas. Cover of a deep trochanteric pressure sore is commonly made by muscular or musculocutaneous flaps such as tensor of fascia lata or vastus lateralis. We report the case of a trochanteric pressure sore covered by a fasciocutaneous pedicled anterolateral thigh flap after negative pressure therapy in a 58-year-old paraplegic patient. After 6 months, a good quality of coverage was obtained with minimal morbidity of donor site. The pedicled fasciocutaneous anterolateral flap appears as a reliable option for the treatment of trochanteric pressure sore.

[Breast repaired by silicone implant. Case report of necrobiosis lipoidica]. / Nécrobiose lipoïdique sur sein reconstruit par implant en silicone : à propos d'un cas.

The authors report a very rare case of necrobiosis lipoidica, histopathologically confirmed, which happened in the breast a few months following the insertion of a silicone implant (post-mastectomy reconstruction). This case raises two problems: the physiopathology (role of the silicone implant) and the treatment of this accident, resistant to current therapy.

[Clitoridal reconstruction after female circumcision]. / Chirurgie réparatrice du clitoris après excision rituelle.

Ritual sexual mutilations affect 140million of women around the world with over three millions new cases per year. France is not spared with 55,000 mutilated women living on our territory. There is a simple, reliable and reproductible reconstructive surgical technique described by the French urologist Pierre Foldès. This technique is still unknown by patients and plastic surgeons. Through a clinical case, the authors discuss the principles, results and key points of this procedure.

[Lipoma widened to both lobes of the parotide gland: an exceptional entity. Case report]. / Lipome étendu aux deux lobes de la glande parotide: à propos d'un cas exceptionnel.

The authors report a very rare case of lipome extended to the superficial and deep lobes of parotid gland. MRI remains the best complementary examination to direct the diagnosis; however only the surgery will bring a histological proof formal.

[Gigantomastia complicating pregnancy. A case report]. / Gigantomastie gestationnelle. À propos d'un cas exceptionnel.

The authors report a very rare case of gestational gigantomastia and the pregnancy could be carried out in term. The repetition being inescapable, the mastectomy is the advised intervention if there is a later desire of pregnancy, in other cases a post-partum mammoplasty can be discussed.