RUDN Journal of Medicine (Dec 2017)

Clinical case: Accessory breast

  • E K Saribekyan,
  • N V Kharchenko,
  • M A Kunda,
  • G M Zapirov,
  • I M Shirokikh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-0245-2017-21-1-83-89
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 83 – 89

Abstract

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The presence of additional fully formed accessory breast (polymastia), accessory nipples (polythelia) or other options ectopically positioned breast tissue is fairly rare developmental anomalies. Its occurrence frequency is approximately 1% of the general population. This article describes a rare case of localization of additional mammary glands and their surgical correction.

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