Clinical case: Accessory breast

E K Saribekyan; Сарибекян Эрик Карлович; N V Kharchenko; Харченко Наталья Владимировна; M A Kunda; Кунда Михаил Александрович; G M Zapirov; Запиров Гаджимурад Магомедович; I M Shirokikh; Широких Ирина Михайловна

doi:10.22363/2313-0245-2017-21-1-83-89

Clinical case: Accessory breast

Authors: Saribekyan EK¹, Kharchenko NV², Kunda MA², Zapirov GM², Shirokikh IM²
Affiliations:
1. P. A. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute - branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2. RUDN University
Issue: Vol 21, No 1 (2017)
Pages: 83-89
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/15238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-0245-2017-21-1-83-89

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

polymastia, polythelia, breast accessory, accessory nipple, milk line

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E K Saribekyan

P. A. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute - branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: mammolog3@yandex.ru
Moscow, Russia