accessory breast

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ac·ces·so·ry breast

[TA]
a milk-secreting gland located elsewhere than at the normal place on the front of the chest and existing in addition to the two usual mammae.
Synonym(s): mamma accessoria [TA], supernumerary breast, supernumerary mamma
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Fibroadenoma in Axillary Supernumerary Breast in a 17-Year-Old Girl: Case Report.
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Fibroadenoma in an ectopic breast tissue
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Breast developmental anomalies in Dormaa Municipality of Ghana: prevalence and impact on the life of the individual
An uncommon urologic presentation of a supernumerary breast. Urology 1997; 50: 122-4.
Intraareolar polythelia: a rare anomaly
Clinical and histopathologic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of supernumerary breast tissue, also known as pseudomamma.
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(6,7) Histologically, most adenocarcinomas arising in supernumerary breast tissue have been of the ductal type.
Invasive secretory (juvenile) carcinoma arising in ectopic breast tissue of the axilla
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Accessory functioning breast tissue as a large mass in the axilla
Ectopic breast tissue, supernumerary breasts, and supernumerary nipples.
Family polythelia associated with dental anomalies: a case report/Politelia familiar asociada con anomalias dentarias: un caso clinico
Supernumerary breasts with or without associated nipple areolar complexes can be found from the axilla to the inguinal region.
Ectopic gynaecomastia on the inner aspect of the thigh in an otherwise healthy man
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