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Anatomy of the Breast: A Clinical Application

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The epidermis of the nipple and areola is highly pigmented and somewhat wrinkled, and the skin of the nipple contains numerous sebaceous and apocrine sweat glands and relatively little hair. The 15–25 milk ducts enter the base of the nipple, where they dilate to form the milk sinuses. Slightly below the nipple’s surface, these sinuses terminate in cone-shaped ampullae. The circular areola surrounds the nipple and varies between 15 and 60 mm in diameter.

The breast , by definition, is “the soft protuberant body adhering to the thorax in females, in which the milk is secreted for the nourishment of infants” or “the seat of affection and emotions; the repository of consciousness, designs and secrets….”

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  1. Professor and Chairman, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brussels University Hospital – Vrij Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    Moustapha Hamdi M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Wilheminenspital, Department of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Montleartstrasse 37, 1160, Vienna, Austria

    Ingrid Schlenz M.D

  3. Plastic Surgery Department, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    Elisabeth Würinger M.D

  4. Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Kuzbari Center of Aesthetic Medicine, Seitzergasse 2–4, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Rafic Kuzbari M.D., Ph.D.

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Hamdi, M., Würinger, E., Schlenz, I., Kuzbari, R. (2018). Anatomy of the Breast: A Clinical Application. In: Hamdi, M. (eds) Vertical Scar Mammaplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55451-7_1

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