Fibroadenoma of the ectopic breast of the axilla in Male Patient: Case Report

ABOUT AUTHOR
Sukanta Chakraborty¹, Debashri Mondal², Biswajit Batabyal^3* and Kasturi Das^4
1Department of Pathology, Assistant Professor ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences & Research and
 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Hospital, Haldia, W.B, India.
²Department of Pathology, Midland Diagnostic Lab, Belgharia, Kolkata-700057, West Bengal, India.
³Department of Microbiology Midland Diagnostic Lab, Belgharia, Kolkata-700057, W.B, India.
⁴Department of Radio diagnoses, Assistant Professor ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences & Research and Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Hospital, Haldia, W.B, India.

Abstract
Polymastia is a term that is used to describe the presence of more than two breasts in human beings. It is synonymous with supernumerary or accessory breast tissue. Ectopic breast tissue (EBT) may occur anywhere along the primitive embryonic milk lines, which extend from the axilla to the groin, and may occur unilaterally or bilaterally. In the EBT any disease can develop that affects the normal breast, including fibroadenoma. We report a very unusual case of fibroadenoma in axilla of a young male.
Keywords:  Fibroadenoma, Axilla, Ectopic breast tissue, Male patient.