Accessory breast

Accessory breast
Accessory breast
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 Q83.1
ICD-9 757.6
OMIM 163700
eMedicine derm/735

Accessory breasts, also known as polymastia, supernumerary breasts, or mammae erraticae, is the condition of having an additional breast. Extra breasts may appear with or without nipples or areolae.

A related condition, in which extra nipples form, is called "supernumerary nipple" or "polythelia".

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In some cases, the accessory breast may not be visible at the surface. In these cases, it may be possible to distinguish their appearance from normal breast tissue with MRI.[1] In other cases, accessory breasts have been known to lactate, as illustrated in a woodcut showing a child nursing at ectopic breast tissue on the lateral thigh.[2]

There is some evidence that the condition may be more common in a Native American population.[3]

In film

Some recent science fiction and comedy films have featured minor female characters with one or more additional breasts: The Warrior and the Sorcerer, starring David Carradine (four breasts); Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (three breasts); Star Trek V, starring William Shatner (three breasts); Earth Girls Are Easy, starring Geena Davis (four breasts); Firecracker, starring Karen Black (three breasts); Flesh Gordon 2, starring Vince Mordocco (more than four breasts, but just on a sign); Good Luck, Chuck, starring [[]] (three breasts); Dumb and Dumberer (three breasts); Silence of the Hams, starring Dom DeLuise (three breasts); and Necropolis, starring LeeAnne Baker (six breasts).

References

  1. ^ Laor T, Collins MH, Emery KH, Donnelly LF, Bove KE, Ballard ET (2004). "MRI appearance of accessory breast tissue: a diagnostic consideration for an axillary mass in a peripubertal or pubertal girl". AJR Am J Roentgenol 183 (6): 1779–81. PMID 15547228. 
  2. ^ "Supernumerary Breast Tissue". Southern Medical Journal. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410464_3. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2008. 
  3. ^ Emsen IM (2006). "Treatment with ultrasound-assisted liposuction of accessory axillary breast tissues". Aesthetic Plast Surg 30 (2): 251–2. doi:10.1007/s00266-005-0160-7. PMID 16547633. 

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