Seven nipples in a male: World′s second case report

Abstract

We present a case of seven nipples in a 32-year-old male patient. The patient had two regular nipples along with five supernumerary nipples. Usually, supernumerary nipples develop along the two vertical “milk lines” which start in the arm pit on each side, run down through the typical nipples, and end at the groin. Our patient had six nipples which confirm to the “milk lines” and one nipple which was above the umbilicus in the midline and did not confirm to the “milk lines.” To our knowledge, this is the second case report with seven nipples in the world.

Dermoscopy of accessory nipples in authors’ own study

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“…Worldwide, only 2 cases of patients with a total of seven additional nipples have been documented [3]. The classification of the supernumerary nipple includes 8 different clinical types, according to Kajava [4].…”

“…Usually, supernumerary nipples develop along the two vertical ‘milk lines’ which start in the armpit on each side, run down through the standard nipple, and end at the groin [ 1 – 3 ]. Worldwide, only 2 cases of patients with a total of seven additional nipples have been documented [ 3 ]. The classification of the supernumerary nipple includes 8 different clinical types, according to Kajava [ 4 ].…”