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Ectopic Breast Tissue
D efinition —Adnexal tissue with mammary differentiation in the vulvar region.
Clinical Features
Epidemiology
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Rare.
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The most popular theory is that it reflects a rudiment of caudal mammary buds (in the “milk line”) that did not completely regress during development.
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Other theories include mammary-like anogenital glands that concentrate in the labial sulcus and give rise to “ectopic breast tissue.”
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