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ZALDIVAR OCHOA, José Raúl. Virginal mammary hypertrophy in an adolescent. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.9, pp. 1-4. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case of a 13 year-old adolescent with a history of good health is reported, who attended the Pediatric Endocrinology Department from "Dr Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira" Northern Teaching Children Hospital of Santiago de Cuba due to an excessive increase of the breasts, which onset was abrupt in a week and accompanied by breast redness, elevated temperature, piercing pain and increased sensitivity, especially in the nipples. She was so psychologically affected, but she was on anti-inflammatory and diuretic before being referred to the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery to perform another contrast CAT scan, where no changes were observed in the cerebral hemispheres, sella, ventricles and posterior fossa.

Palavras-chave : adolescent; virginal mammary hypertrophy; endocrinology; children hospital.