Gynecomastia-Like Hyperplasia of Axillary Ectopic Breast Tissue in a Young Female

Gynecomastia-like hyperplasia of orthotopic female breast tissue is a rare entity. We present the singularly unique case of a 22-year-old female who presented with a small axillary mass subsequently discovered to be a discrete deposit of ectopic breast tissue with gynecomastia-like hyperplasia. This...

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Autores principales: Shatzel, Joseph, Blum, Asher, Khoury, Thaer, Milligan, Janine, Skitzki, Joseph J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/634248
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author Shatzel, Joseph
Blum, Asher
Khoury, Thaer
Milligan, Janine
Skitzki, Joseph J.
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description Gynecomastia-like hyperplasia of orthotopic female breast tissue is a rare entity. We present the singularly unique case of a 22-year-old female who presented with a small axillary mass subsequently discovered to be a discrete deposit of ectopic breast tissue with gynecomastia-like hyperplasia. This case highlights the etiology, variable presentation, and evaluation of ectopic breast tissue.
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spelling pubmed-37473912013-08-27 Gynecomastia-Like Hyperplasia of Axillary Ectopic Breast Tissue in a Young Female Shatzel, Joseph Blum, Asher Khoury, Thaer Milligan, Janine Skitzki, Joseph J. Case Rep Pathol Case Report Gynecomastia-like hyperplasia of orthotopic female breast tissue is a rare entity. We present the singularly unique case of a 22-year-old female who presented with a small axillary mass subsequently discovered to be a discrete deposit of ectopic breast tissue with gynecomastia-like hyperplasia. This case highlights the etiology, variable presentation, and evaluation of ectopic breast tissue. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3747391/ /pubmed/23984148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/634248 Text en Copyright © 2013 Joseph Shatzel 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747391/
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