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Amastia

Amastia refers to a condition where breast tissue, nipple, and aureola is absent, either congenitally or iatrogenically. Amastia in girls can be treated with augmentation mammoplasty.

Amastia differs from amazia (which involves only the absence of breast tissue; the nipple and aureola remain present), although the two conditions are often (erroneously) thought to be identical. The terms "amastia" and "amazia" are thus often used interchangeably, even though the two conditions are medically different.

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amastia
Oct 01, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 amastia /umas'tu/, lack of breasts in women. This may be caused by an inherited defect,...
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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the hypomastic breast: A case report
Nov 01, 1998; The first reported case of an infiltrating ductal carcinoma occurring within a unilateral hypomastic breast is presented. This...
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Unilateral breast enlargement in a 6-year-old girl: a mother with a family history of breast cancer discovers a subareolar mass in her otherwise normal daughter.(Disease/ Disorder overview)
Mar 01, 2006; CASE #4 Emily's mother was worried. Approximately six weeks earlier, the girl, aged 6 years, had begun to complain of poorly...
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Poland's syndrome
Jan 01, 2008; Sir, Poland's syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by unilateral chest wall hypoplasia and ipsilateral hand...
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