Developmental Problems - Breast

Developmental Problems

·        Inverted nipples are common. If a previously normal nipple inverts Þ cancer until proven otherwise (although nipple retraction is more likely to be inflammatory than malignant)

·        Virginal/ Adolescent Hypertrophy: very large breasts developing around puberty. Problem with stroma. Aetiology unknown

·        Hypomastia: almost complete failure of breast development.  May be unilateral

·        Accessory nipples (don‟t have lobular tissue underneath)