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Bilateral hamartoma arising in axillary accessory mammary glands
Author(s) -
KURODA N.,
GOISHI K.,
OHARA M.,
HIROUCHI T.,
MIZUMO K.,
NAKAGAWA K.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_349.x
Subject(s) - hamartoma , medicine , adipose tissue , anatomy , axilla , stroma , pathology , immunohistochemistry , breast cancer , cancer
A 57‐year‐old Japanese woman presented with a lump, originally noticed 10 years previously, in both axillary regions. Histologically, the axillary tumors consisted of a random admixture of ducts, lobules and fibrous stroma with predominant adipose tissue. This is the first case of bilateral ectopic hamartoma arising in the axillary regions. Surgeons and pathologists should be aware that ectopic breast hamartoma can occur in both axillary regions.