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Nipple Adenoma

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Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms

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Abstract

Adenoma of the nipple may be considered as a tubular apocrine adenoma located in the nipple.

The lesion presents as a solitary papule or nodule on the nipple in an adult woman.

Histopathologically, the lesion appears as an endophytic, wedge-shaped lesion, which usually opens to the epidermal surface and is composed of tubular structures lined by a double layer of epithelial cells. Decapitation secretion is easily seen in the luminal cells lining the tubules.

Nipple adenoma is a benign neoplasm in most cases, although in rare instances an adenocarcinoma and an adenoma of the nipple may be present in the same breast.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

    Luis Requena

  2. Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Omar Sangüeza

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Requena, L., Sangüeza, O. (2017). Nipple Adenoma. In: Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45704-8_8

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