Toronto, July 18 - A breast augmentation operation here has left a 22-year-old Toronto woman with one breast triple its size.

The bizarre case came to light during a disciplinary hearing against the surgeon before the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the weekend.

Testifying against (Dr) Behnaz Yazdanfar, who performed the botched-up procedure last year, the mother of the patient said her daughter paid $7,000 in advance to Yazdanfar's Toronto Cosmetic Clinic to correct her asymmetrical breasts.

In her testimony, the mother said she had advised her daughter against the surgery after learning about the death of a 32-year-old woman after undergoing a liposuction procedure at the same clinic.

'I advised my daughter not to go through with it...But my daughter was concerned about losing her (advance) money,'' the mother has been quoted as saying.