Retracted Nipple

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retracted nipple

Etymology: L, retractare, to draw back; ME, neb

a nipple drawn inward, resulting from cancer or adhesions below the skin surface or a natural condition present at birth.

Retracted Nipple

A nipple pulled inward by an underlying tumour or inflammation which, in the case of breast CA, may be accompanied by a peau d’orange appearance of the surrounding skin. Retracted nipples may also be red, ulcerated, have a scaly surface and histologically demonstrate Paget’s disease of the breast

retracted nipple

Gynecology A nipple pulled inward by an underlying tumor or inflammation which, in breast CA, may be accompanied by a peau d'orange appearance of the surrounding skin; RNs may also be red, ulcerated or scaled. Cf Inflammatory breast cancer, Nipple, Peau d'orange appearance. Cf Inverted nipple.

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