Last September, a seven-year-old Chilean girl was diagnosed with breast cancer. Maura’s case caught the attention of the medical community around the world due to its rarity, EFE promotes via video.
It all started with the fact that the mother found a small bump in the child’s left chest. I cooked the baby after he got out of the bath. “I was applying cream on her when I noticed a small bump under the nipple,” says Patricia Munoz.
The mother notes that it took about five months to get the results of the tests, which caused the tumor to grow. “The nipple grew a lot, turned purple, became like an egg,” he explained.
At first, few doctors thought it was possible. “Cases of breast cancer in children under 14 are very rare. We are talking about an indicator of 0.0001%. [Este trata-se] a unique case in the world,” said Mario Pardo, a doctor at the Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile.
The girl had a mastectomy. Complete breast removal surgery – recently. Patricia Munoz is currently worried that the other breast will be affected.
“Now she still doesn’t understand what is happening because she is a child. The only thing she said is that she doesn’t want to go bald. My biggest fear is not knowing how to explain what happened,” the mother says.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women worldwide, and it mostly affects women over 50 years of age.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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