Tuberous breast surgery

Abstract

The tuberous breast is a congenital malformation characterized by an extreme polymorphism. The wide variety of clinical presentations has led to great confusion among plastic surgeons, hence the many different names it has received: tubular breasts, tuberous breasts, snoopy breasts, snoopy dog-nose deformity, inferior pole constricted breasts, and intra-areolar glandular herniation. The authors discuss the clinical presentation, embryology, classification, and surgical techniques.