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O&G FORUM Visit our website: www.ihpublishing.co.za Surgical excision currently o ers long term bene ts including preventing ectopic breast malignancies, but may result in signi cant dis gurement. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the rst recorded synchronous bilateral axillary and bilateral vulva ectopic breast tumours in literature. Our case con rmed the known theory that supernumerary mammary glands can occur anywhere along the primitive streak milk line. Consent e main author obtained consent from the patient for publication and remains in contact with the patient. References 1. Nagnath deshmukh SN, Maske AN, Deshpande AP, et al. Unilateral ectopic breast tissue on vulva in an adult female. Indian J Surg 2012; 74:340-1. 2. Duvvur S, Sotres M, Lingam K, et al. Ectopic breast tissue of the vulva. J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 27:530-43 3. Y Rosen PP. Abnormalities of Mammary Growth and Development. Rosen’s Breast Pathology. 2009; Philadelphia: Lippincott William’s & Wilkins, 28-31 4. Schoenwolf GC, Bleyl SB, Brauer PR, Francey-West PH. Development of the skin and its derivatives. In: Larsen WJ, ed Human embryology 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone, 2009:193-216 5. SH Tow, K Shanmugaratnam. Supernumerary mammary gland in the vulva. British Journal, vol.2, no. 5314, pp. 1234- 1236, 1962. 6. Williams WR. A Monograph on diseases of the breast. John Bale and Sons, London,1894 7. Eung-Seok Lee, MD, and Insun Kim, MD, Multiple Vulvar Lactating Adenomas. Obstet Gynecol 2011; 118:478-80. 8. David cantu de Leon, Delia Perez Montiel, Hugo Vazques, Cesar Hernandez, et al. Vulval broadenoma: a common neoplasm in an uncommon site. World J. Surg Oncol. 2009; 7:70 9. Dhaoui A, Nfoussi H, Kchir N, Haouet S. Vulvar lactating adenoma associated to a broadenoma: common neoplasm in an uncommon site. Pan Afr Med J.2012; 13:47. Epub 2012 Nov 13. 10. Pfeifer JD, Barr RJ, Wick MR. Ectopic breast tissue and breast-like sweat gland metaplasia: An overlapping spectrum of lesions. J. Cutan Pathol 1999; 26:190-6 11. Peremateu MS, Absi ML, Sluga MC, Wernicke A, Marchitelli C (2018) Bilateral Vulvar Ectopic Breast Tissue in a 38-Year-Old Woman Who is Breastfeeding: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Int J Pathol Clin Res 4:071. doi. org/10.23937/2469-5807/1510071 O&G Forum 2022; 32: 18-20 CASE REPORT