Breast nonmalignant
Congenital anomalies
Athelia
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PubMed Search: Athelia
Congenital anomalies
Athelia
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 March 2010
Minor changes: 3 September 2019
Copyright: 2002-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Athelia
Cite this page: Pernick N. Athelia. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/breastathelia.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Very rare; breast glandular tissue but no nipple or areola
- Also a genus of fungi
- References: Wikipedia: Athelia (Disease)
Terminology
- See also amastia / aplasia / hypoplasia
Epidemiology
- Associated with Poland syndrome (musculoskeletal deformities of chest wall and ipsilateral upper extremity, eMedicine: Poland Syndrome, OMIM: Poland Syndrome)
- Part of scalp ear nipple (Finlay-Marks) syndrome (Br J Dermatol 1978;99:423)
- Associated with carbimazole use for thyrotoxicosis during pregnancy (Am J Med Genet 1998;75:220)
Case reports
- Newborn girl with choanal atresia, renal tubulopathy and family history of neck cysts, who died shortly after birth (Am J Med Genet A 2007;143A:1231)
- 3 year old girl with bilateral athelia, congenital jejunal atresia and choanal atresia (Clin Dysmorphol 2006;15:37)
- Associated with focal dermal hypoplasia (Clin Genet 2008;73:373)
