Accessory Breast Tissue Clinically Mimicking Soft Fibroma.
- Author:
Hyoun Seung LEE
1
;
Won Woo CHOI
;
Sang Eun MOON
;
Jeong Ae KIM
;
Kwang Hyun CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Accessory breast tissue;
Pedunculated mass
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Breast*;
Female;
Fibroma*;
Humans;
Islands;
Mammary Glands, Human;
Middle Aged;
Nipples;
Umbilicus
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(6):831-832
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Accessory breast tissue is a developmental anomaly defined as persistence of breast tissue along the embryonic mammary line in the mid-thoracic region. Rarely, an abnormally located remnant of the line persists and develops into completely formed mammary glands. A 61-year-old woman presented with a pedunculated mass on the mid-lower abdomen, below the umbilicus. She detected a pea-sized nodule a few decades ago and it gradually enlarged since 1 year ago. There was no pigmented prominence resembling a nipple. Histological finding revealed lobules of the breast forming islands of glandular tissue. We believe this is an unusual case of accessory breast tissue mimicking soft fibroma as a pedunculated mass.
