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Breast-feeding with ectopic axillary breast tissue.

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Viera, AJ
Published in: Mayo Clinic proceedings
October 1999

Axillary breast tissue, which may be an extension of the tail of Spence, is a normal variant that has been reported in the literature relatively infrequently, although it may be present in a number of asymptomatic women. If axillary breast tissue becomes symptomatic, this usually occurs during pregnancy or immediately postpartum when a woman begins breast-feeding. Symptoms are swelling and pain due to engorgement. A literature review revealed that management is generally conservative, with cessation of breast-feeding to allow regression of the tissue. This report describes a woman who successfully pumped her axillary breasts to relieve pain and engorgement; this allowed her to continue breast-feeding for several weeks. Axillary breast tissue should be monitored for pathologic change.

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Mayo Clinic proceedings

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1942-5546

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0025-6196

Publication Date

October 1999

Volume

74

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1021 / 1022

Related Subject Headings

  • Suction
  • Pain Management
  • Pain
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Choristoma
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Breast Feeding
  • Breast
  • Axilla
 

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Viera, A. J. (1999). Breast-feeding with ectopic axillary breast tissue. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 74(10), 1021–1022. https://doi.org/10.4065/74.10.1021
Viera, A. J. “Breast-feeding with ectopic axillary breast tissue.Mayo Clinic Proceedings 74, no. 10 (October 1999): 1021–22. https://doi.org/10.4065/74.10.1021.
Viera AJ. Breast-feeding with ectopic axillary breast tissue. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 1999 Oct;74(10):1021–2.
Viera, A. J. “Breast-feeding with ectopic axillary breast tissue.Mayo Clinic Proceedings, vol. 74, no. 10, Oct. 1999, pp. 1021–22. Epmc, doi:10.4065/74.10.1021.
Viera AJ. Breast-feeding with ectopic axillary breast tissue. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 1999 Oct;74(10):1021–1022.
Journal cover image

Published In

Mayo Clinic proceedings

DOI

EISSN

1942-5546

ISSN

0025-6196

Publication Date

October 1999

Volume

74

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1021 / 1022

Related Subject Headings

  • Suction
  • Pain Management
  • Pain
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Choristoma
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Breast Feeding
  • Breast
  • Axilla