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Accessory breast tissue presenting as a vulvar mass in an adolescent girl

Authors
Hong, Jin HwaOh, Min-JeongHur, Jun-YoungLee, Jae Kwan
Issue Date
Aug-2009
Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Keywords
Accessory breast; Vulva; Adolescent girl
Citation
ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, v.280, no.2, pp 317 - 320
Pages
4
Indexed
SCIE
SCOPUS
Journal Title
ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
Volume
280
Number
2
Start Page
317
End Page
320
URI
https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/15888
DOI
10.1007/s00404-008-0905-z
ISSN
0932-0067
1432-0711
Abstract
The development of an accessory breast tissue is attributed to the failure of regression of milk line remnants during embryogenesis. The accessory breasts can develop anywhere along the milk line, extending from axilla to the groin. The vulvar accessory breast is extremely rare among these. We report an 18-year-old girl presenting a solitary vulvar mass which is later pathologically confirmed to be an accessory breast tissue. On preoperative ultrasonographic examination, a lobulated echogenic mass with internal septa was seen in the subcutaneous fat layer of the mons pubis. Excisional biopsy was performed, which revealed an accessory breast tissue. She had no specific developmental abnormalities and had no familial history. An accessory breast in the vulva is an extremely rare case among the ectopic breasts, especially in an adolescent girl. Pathological confirmation is mandatory in this case to exclude a possibility of other tumor, including malignancy.
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