Has Dr Jeremy Hunt ever dealt with a patient with Poland Syndrome? I am an 18 yr old girl & ever since the age of 14 my left side of chest never grew...not an inch. This has caused me great amounts of depression, and my local GP has linked it with Poland Syndrome. Due to not being able to afford a breast re construction here in Australia, I got in contact with surgeons from Thailand. Yet no surgeon there could give me a straight answer on how they could make my chest symmetrical. Please help. Regards, Kayla
Poland's sydrome is a condition wher there can be undergrowth of the chest and the arm. It is condition you are born with and has varrying degrees that may result in a lack of chest wall growth, or a short arm. The reconstruction often involves the cheat and may need the replacemant of the head of the pectoralis muscle to give the fold at the front of the armpit, or may need reconstruction of the breast tissue using an implant. The results are to try and match the opposite side and this is always going to be difficult as there a shortage of tissue to work with.