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PRESERVATION of the nipple for use in reconstruction of the breast removed in treatment of carcinoma has been recommended and practiced in recent years. The discovery of carcinoma in such a nipple transplanted to the groin prompted this report.Case ReportA 40-year-old woman was first seen in the office on November 9, 1976, soon after she moved to our community and four months after she had had modified radical mastectomy on the left side. She had had a lobular carcinoma, 5 to 6 cm, infiltrating the upper outer quadrant, with metastasis identified in two lymph nodes. Carcinoma was present . . .
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