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Supernumerary nipples and renal malformations: a family study
Justin Brown1, Robert A Schwartz
1Dermatology, New Jersey Medical School, 07103-2714, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a family with supernumerary nipples and kidney and urinary tract malformations. The proband is a 59-year-old man with a supernumerary nipple and recently identified hypoplastic kidney, bladder diverticulum, and hypotonic bladder. His mother also has a supernumerary nipple and a recently identified hypoplastic kidney. Of his three children, all male, one has a supernumerary nipple but has not been evaluated for a kidney or urinary tract malformation. This familial disorder is discussed.
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