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An Ectopic Breast Tissue Presenting with Fibroadenoma in Axilla

Introduction. The congenital anomalies of breast, especially the polymastia (supernumerary breast) and polythelia (supernumerary nipple), always do not fail to amuse the clinicians because of their varied presentations, associated renal anomalies, and pathologies arising from them. The axillary poly...

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Autores principales: Amaranathan, Anandhi, Balaguruswamy, Kanchana, Bhat, Ramachandra V., Bora, Manash Kumar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23607040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/947295
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author Amaranathan, Anandhi
Balaguruswamy, Kanchana
Bhat, Ramachandra V.
Bora, Manash Kumar
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description Introduction. The congenital anomalies of breast, especially the polymastia (supernumerary breast) and polythelia (supernumerary nipple), always do not fail to amuse the clinicians because of their varied presentations, associated renal anomalies, and pathologies arising from them. The axillary polymastia is a variant of ectopic breast tissue (EBT). Ectopic breast tissue can undergo the same physiological and pathological processes as the normally located breast. The incidence of fibroadenoma developing in ectopic breast is reported as a rare entity, the most common being the carcinoma. Case Presentation. A 31-year-old Dravidian female presented with a lump of 4 cm in the right axilla for the past year which gradually increased in size, giving discomfort. Our initial differential diagnosis was fibroadenoma, lipoma, and lymphadenopathy. Further investigation and histopathological report of excision biopsy confirmed it as a fibroadenoma on ectopic breast tissue in the axilla. Patient has no associated urological or cardiac anomaly. Conclusion. This case has been reported for its rarity and to reemphasise the importance of screening of EBT for any pathology during routine screening of breast.
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spelling pubmed-36234292013-04-19 An Ectopic Breast Tissue Presenting with Fibroadenoma in Axilla Amaranathan, Anandhi Balaguruswamy, Kanchana Bhat, Ramachandra V. Bora, Manash Kumar Case Rep Surg Case Report Introduction. The congenital anomalies of breast, especially the polymastia (supernumerary breast) and polythelia (supernumerary nipple), always do not fail to amuse the clinicians because of their varied presentations, associated renal anomalies, and pathologies arising from them. The axillary polymastia is a variant of ectopic breast tissue (EBT). Ectopic breast tissue can undergo the same physiological and pathological processes as the normally located breast. The incidence of fibroadenoma developing in ectopic breast is reported as a rare entity, the most common being the carcinoma. Case Presentation. A 31-year-old Dravidian female presented with a lump of 4 cm in the right axilla for the past year which gradually increased in size, giving discomfort. Our initial differential diagnosis was fibroadenoma, lipoma, and lymphadenopathy. Further investigation and histopathological report of excision biopsy confirmed it as a fibroadenoma on ectopic breast tissue in the axilla. Patient has no associated urological or cardiac anomaly. Conclusion. This case has been reported for its rarity and to reemphasise the importance of screening of EBT for any pathology during routine screening of breast. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3623429/ /pubmed/23607040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/947295 Text en Copyright © 2013 Anandhi Amaranathan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Balaguruswamy, Kanchana
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Bora, Manash Kumar
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title_full An Ectopic Breast Tissue Presenting with Fibroadenoma in Axilla
title_fullStr An Ectopic Breast Tissue Presenting with Fibroadenoma in Axilla
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title_short An Ectopic Breast Tissue Presenting with Fibroadenoma in Axilla
title_sort ectopic breast tissue presenting with fibroadenoma in axilla
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23607040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/947295
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