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The right upper extremity, axilla, and right anterior hemithorax of a 25-year-old female had been burned with milk when she was 4. Breast tissue developed in a flattened form because of the burn to the entire anterior hemithorax; the nipple–areolar complex was far lower than it should have been; no inframammary fold had developed and the appearance was highly asymmetrical. A vertical mammaplasty was used to restore the nipple–areolar complex to its normal position, and a full-thickness skin graft taken from the groin was used to form an inframammary fold. In this way, the two asymmetrical breasts were given an acceptable symmetry.
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Livaoğlu, M., Karacal, N. Reconstruction of a burned breast with vertical mammaplasty: a case report. Eur J Plast Surg 32, 51–53 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-008-0282-7
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