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Benign Hamartomatous Proliferations

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Abstract

Accessory tragus and supernumerary nipple are relatively common benign hamartomatous lesions that do not easily fit within previous chapters and are described in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    Thuy L. Phung MD, PhD

  2. Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Teresa S. Wright MD

  3. Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    Crystal Y. Pourciau MD, MPH

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

    Bruce R. Smoller MD

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Phung, T.L., Wright, T.S., Pourciau, C.Y., Smoller, B.R. (2017). Benign Hamartomatous Proliferations. In: Pediatric Dermatopathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44824-4_29

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