Surgical treatment of mammary hyperplasia during pregnancy

Reduction mammaplasty is an effective procedure and the treatment of choice for symptomatic breast hypertrophy. Two unusual cases of reduction mammapl asty are reported. After uneventful immediate postoperative courses, two un usual wound complications occurred requiring further treatment. It was disc overed retrospectively that the two women (21 and 24 years old) were pregna nt, There was no other cause to explain the skin problems which were encoun tered. It is suggested that a pregnancy test may be needed before undertaki ng reduction mammaplasty.