Loni wrote:
> 24 yr. old 6 mo. pregnant mom showed up on unit today for evaluation of her
breasts.  Both breasts are larger than basketballs.  Shiny and  blanched on
tops of breast.  Right breast had what appeared to be a fluid  filled area at
8:00 o'clock.  The inner aspect of her right breast had what  appeared to be a
two inch long thin wound, that had formed a scab over  it.   The whole
posterior portion underneath her right breast had a  10cm reddened
area, painful to
touch.  Patient stated she has been  on Keflex 500mg everyday for weeks.  No
fever at present time.   No leaking of milk.  Her normal bra size before
pregnancy was a 36B.   She now measures a 48 GGG.<

You may find this article on Gigantomastia, by Lactnet subscriber
Cheri Casciola, IBCLC, RLC, to be helpful. It appeared in the
June-July 2005 issue of the LLLI journal, Leaven, and can be found at:
http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVJunJul05p62.html

warmly, norma

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