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INVERTED NIPPLE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A common developmental anomaly in which the nipple has a craterlike depression, a harmless variation. But appearance during maturity should arouse suspicion of underlying.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Malformation assez fréquente qui semble être due à un arrêt de développement du mamelon avec brièveté de la peau et des galactophores. L'aréole est creusée en son centre d'une dépression renfermant le mamelon ombiliqué. La correction est parfois nécessaire pour permettre l'allaitement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale

Spanish

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