Goyal Tarang, Bakshi S K, Varshney Anupam
Department of Dermatology Leprology Venereology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Hum Genet. 2012 Sep;18(3):373-5. doi: 10.4103/0971-6866.108051.
We present a case of seven nipples in a 32-year-old male patient. The patient had two regular nipples along with five supernumerary nipples. Usually, supernumerary nipples develop along the two vertical "milk lines" which start in the arm pit on each side, run down through the typical nipples, and end at the groin. Our patient had six nipples which confirm to the "milk lines" and one nipple which was above the umbilicus in the midline and did not confirm to the "milk lines." To our knowledge, this is the second case report with seven nipples in the world.
我们报告一例32岁男性患者有七个乳头的病例。该患者有两个正常乳头以及五个额外乳头。通常,额外乳头沿着两条垂直的“乳线”发育,这两条乳线从身体两侧的腋窝开始,向下穿过典型的乳头,止于腹股沟。我们的患者有六个乳头符合“乳线”分布,还有一个乳头位于中线脐部上方,不符合“乳线”分布。据我们所知,这是世界上第二例关于七个乳头的病例报告。