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Case Reports
. 2013 Oct;80(10):870-1.
doi: 10.1007/s12098-012-0919-1. Epub 2012 Dec 20.

Congenital amastia

Lingaraja Gowda C Patil  1 , Niranjan Hunasanhalli Shivanna, Naveen Benakappa, Hema Ravindranath, Rama Bhat
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Case Reports

Congenital amastia

Lingaraja Gowda C Patil et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Oct.

Abstract

A 3-d-old female baby presented with bilateral congenital absence of breast tissue, areolae and nipples. No other anomalies were noted. There was also a history of absence of nipples, areolae and breast tissue in the mother and two other family members of maternal side. Investigations done during the hospital stay including ultrasound of the chest wall, abdomen and head were all normal. Congenital isolated bilateral amastia was diagnosed after complete investigations.

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