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Development of early malignant bilateral breast disease in relation to antidepressant treatment
C Markopoulos1, E Kouskos, T Phillipidis
1Breast Unit-2nd Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|January 28, 2006
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to present two rare cases of young female patients who were under antidepressant medication and developed bilateral breast disease; histology confirmed the noninvasive, malignant nature. The role of that type of agents in the breast pathology is briefly discussed, based on the data of the current literature.
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