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Treatment of Symmastia

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Symmastia is defined as an abnormality of the breasts where the breast mounds unite at the presternal region, elevating the presternal skin and causing the vertical intermammary sulcus to decrease in depth or disappear completely. There may be just a small bridge horizontally between the breasts, or there can be total union. The author discusses the diagnosis, etiology, and classification of symmastia and the management of congenital and acquired symmastia.

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  1. Departement of Plastic Surgery, Mediburg Klinika, Lovas 10, Budapest, 1012, Hungary

    Istvan B. Szemerey M.D., Ph.D. & Akos Szemerey M.S.

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  1. Istvan B. Szemerey M.D., Ph.D.
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Correspondence to Istvan B. Szemerey M.D., Ph.D. .

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  1. Medestet Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Toma T. Mugea

  2. Department of Surgery, Newport Specialty Hospital, Tustin, CA, USA

    Melvin A. Shiffman

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Szemerey, I.B., Szemerey, A. (2015). Treatment of Symmastia. In: Mugea, T.T., Shiffman, M.A. (eds) Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43407-9_28

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