Department of Rheumatic Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Mod Rheumatol Case Rep. 2020 Jan;4(1):122-125. doi: 10.1080/24725625.2019.1673939. Epub 2019 Oct 14.
Gigantomastia is characterised by excessive breast growth and can occur as a rare, drug-induced adverse event. D-penicillamine is the most frequent cause of drug-induced gigantomastia. Only one case of gigantomastia due to bucillamine, an analogue of D-penicillamine, has been reported so far. We herein report a case of bucillamine-induced gigantomastia presenting with acute enlargement of the bilateral breasts and accessory breast tissue in the axillae 7 months after the start of bucillamine therapy. Awareness about this rare adverse event is important since bucillamine is still widely used in Japan and Korea.
巨乳症的特征是乳房过度发育,并且可能是一种罕见的药物引起的不良反应。青霉胺是引起药物性巨乳症最常见的原因。迄今为止,仅有一例因丁二胺类似物丁二胺引起的巨乳症的病例报告。我们在此报告一例丁二胺引起的巨乳症病例,该患者在开始丁二胺治疗 7 个月后出现双侧乳房和腋窝副乳腺组织的急性增大。由于丁二胺在日本和韩国仍被广泛使用,因此了解这种罕见的不良反应非常重要。