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Medical Education & Specialist Advice- 6/18/09 11:03 AM

NIPPLE RETRACTION

Articles written by
Mr. Harvey Minasian MS (London) FRCS

Nipple retraction
Sometimes nipples never protrude properly when the breast is maturing during puberty & tend to remain retracted. This is, obviously, an innocent situation but if – as a new finding – a nipple starts to retract, it could be due to an underlying cancer & will need attention. There are also a number of innocent (benign) causes for nipple retraction but cancer needs to be excluded by the usual procedure of clinical examination & investigation
(mammography etc.)

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