Ismail Muhammad, Thet Myat Soe, Khan Kalim Ullah, Ullah Nusrat
Department of Neurosurgery, Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital, Medical Teaching Institution, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 28100, Pakistan.
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
J Surg Case Rep. 2024 Jul 6;2024(7):rjae441. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae441. eCollection 2024 Jul.
Ectopic breasts represent uncommon medical anomalies characterized by the presence of additional breasts situated outside the typical milk line. In this case report, we present a case encompassing dorsal ectopic breasts accompanied by three nipples. A 14-year-old teen girl presented with a significant dorsal mass, exhibiting no clinical manifestations except mild pain and a sense of heaviness. She underwent investigations, and a magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed a large, inadequately encapsulated congenital mass with a fatty composition, alongside intraspinal epidural engagement and a bony structure bridging the spinous processes from the C6 to the T3 vertebral bodies. She subsequently underwent excision of the entire mass. The histopathological analysis identified the presence of a mammary hamartoma. Follow-up at 2 weeks postoperatively showed that there were no further complications. Dorsal ectopic breast necessitates careful and comprehensive evaluation to either confirm or exclude the presence of occult spinal dysraphism prior to intervention to avoid complications.
异位乳房是一种罕见的医学异常情况,其特征是在典型的乳线以外出现额外的乳房。在本病例报告中,我们呈现了一例伴有三个乳头的背部异位乳房病例。一名14岁少女因背部出现明显肿块前来就诊,除了轻微疼痛和沉重感外无其他临床表现。她接受了检查,磁共振成像扫描显示一个大的、包膜不完整的先天性脂肪成分肿块,伴有椎管内硬膜外受累以及从C6至T3椎体棘突间的骨性结构相连。随后她接受了整个肿块的切除手术。组织病理学分析确定为乳腺错构瘤。术后2周的随访显示无进一步并发症。背部异位乳房在干预前需要仔细全面评估,以确认或排除隐匿性脊柱裂的存在,避免并发症发生。