Familial supernumerary nipples

What it is

Familial supernumerary nipples is a rare breast malformation characterized by the presence, in various members of a single family, of one or more nipple(s) and/or their related tissue, in addition to the normal bilateral chest nipples. The anomaly is usually situated along the embryonic milk line, from axillae to inguinal regions, but other locations are also possible. Association with dental abnormalities, Becker nevus, renal or underlying breast tissue malignancy and genitourinary malformations has been reported.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Infancy, Neonatal

Classified as

Morphological anomaly

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

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