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Nipple Adenoma in an Adolescent
Author(s) -
TAO WANG,
KAI FANG,
YUE HUA LIU
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01176.x
Subject(s) - medicine , confusion , adenoma , breast cancer , general surgery , cancer , dermatology , gynecology , pathology , psychology , psychoanalysis
Nipple adenoma is a rare tumor of the breast which usually appears in middle age women and rarely in adolescents. We describe a 15‐year‐old female diagnosed with nipple adenoma. Nipple adenoma is a benign neoplasia which should be recognized to avoid confusion with breast cancer.