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>>>dr. harness: breast tissue can occur inlocations other than what we normally think about. a good example of this is what is calledaberrant breast tissue that can occur well up here in the armpit area, actually disconnectedfrom the tail of the breast, or there can be an extension of the normal tissue of thetail of the breast well up into the armpit area. in embryology, we talk about what is calledthe milk duct line. it is a line that runs from here down through the breast into theupper abdomen, and in my career i have seen nipple, accessory nipples and areolas up herein the armpit area down here in the upper abdomen and places of this sort.

so finding breast tissue in the armpit areais not that unusual at all, and as a matter of fact, one of the times that it can becomevery prominent during pregnancy is the breast is being stimulated and growing. this areacan be quite a prominent. in fact this is exactly what happened in my daughter’s situation,in a previous video that i have shared some time ago about the scare that i had that perhapsmy daughter might have breast cancer. so, the question then becomes, “if we havebreast tissue up here, in the armpit area, what do we do about it?” well if it is associatedwith an accessory nipple, then removing that accessory ripple and areola along with someof the underlying breast tissue, can be helpful both functionally and cosmetically.

also if the tissue becomes prominent duringpregnancy, then it is important for anyone that this is happening to, to see a competentbreast surgeon who hopefully is working with breast radiologists and one of the simplesttests that can be done is actually doing ultrasound of this area confirming that it is breasttissue. occasionally, even a core biopsy could be helpful in the evaluation of all of these. now, okay, knowing the tissue is there, nowwhat? well once a pregnancy is finished, usually the prominent tissue retracts down and isnot a problem. only occasionally in my experience, is there so much pain or a lump associatedthere, that we actually need to operate and take that tissue out. in my own practice,this happens perhaps once a year or so.

so the bottom line is, do not be alarmed.obviously, if there is any new lump in the armpit area make sure that it is worked outby competent breast surgeon and radiologist. yes it is true that a breast cancer can presentas an enlarged lymph node in the armpit area so, obviously we will want to know that andmake sure that that is not what we are dealing with because they will require a whole differentkind of workup. so again the bottom line always is, see competentpeople, work with a center that is really familiar with breast cancer, diagnostic workups, any other kind of breast problem workups. if you do that you will feel good about itand, occasionally, you might need to have the tissue actually remove.

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