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MAJ CLAUDE BURDICK, MC; CAPT ROBERT M. RINEHART, MC; MAJ TERUO MATSUMOTO, MC; MAJ THOMAS J. O'CONNELL, MS; MAJ CHARLES W. HEISTERKAMP, MC

AMA Arch Surg. 1965;91(5):835-838.

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NEOPLASM wholly limited to a pedunculated nipple is unusual,¹ occurring in a male it is rare,² and associated with Paget's disease, probably unique. Because the presence of Paget's disease, even in a male breast, generally warrants radical mastectomy³ we feel this case should be reported together with the findings at surgery and a note on the result of standard histochemistry.

Report of Case

A 53-year-old Department of the Army civilian worker entered the US Army Medical Command, Japan, Zama Hospital in April of 1965 with the complaint of a bleeding left nipple. He had first noted what was thought to be a blood clot in the nipple in 1957. This was a dull red to black lesion. Compresses were applied and healing occurred. Through the next eight years the nipple grew, almost imperceptibly, until it became about the size of a normal female nipple. Once or twice . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
USA; USAR; USA; USA; USA

From Headquarters 406th Medical Laboratory, US Army Medical Command, Japan.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 30, 1965.

Reprint requests to Headquarters, 406th Medical Laboratory, US Army Medical Command, Japan, APO San Francisco 96343 (Maj Burdick).

This material has been reviewed by the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and there is no objection to its presentation and/or publication. This review does not imply any indorsement of the opinions advanced or any recommendation of such products as may be named.

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