Papillary Adenoma of the Nipple: A Case Report.

Kim,  Byung Jun; Heo,  Chan Yeoung; Eun,  Seok Chan; Baek,  Rong Min; Minn,  Kyung Won; Kim,  Sung Won

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2008;14(2):161-164.
Published online September 1, 2008.

Papillary Adenoma of the Nipple: A Case Report.

Byung Jun Kim, Chan Yeoung Heo, Seok Chan Eun, Rong Min Baek, Kyung Won Minn, Sung Won Kim

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Collage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. lionheo@snu.ac.kr
²Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Collage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

We report herein an uncommon tumor of the nipple. A 26 year-old woman visited our outpatient department of plastic surgery for skin lesion and discharge from the right nipple. Biopsy was performed on the lesion, and diagnosed as papillary adenoma. The nipple was resected and reconstructed including adjacent subareolar tissue. Thus, full thickness skin was harvested from labium minor and grafted on the reconstructed nipple. Donor site was primarily closed. On the histologic study, the lesion was compatible with florid papillomatosis of the nipple(adenoma of the nipple). In 2 months follow-up period, we could not find any complications such as skin necrosis, infection, wound dehiscence, or tumor recurrence. This is a case of papillary adenoma of the nipple which was excised and successfully reconstructed with local flap.

Key Words: Papillary adenoma, Nipples, Breast