Becker Nevus syndrome and supernumerary nipples

✍ Scribed by Happle, Rudolf; Koopman, Roland J.J.

• Book ID: 101211338
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-7299
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980428)77:1<78::aid-ajmg17>3.0.co;2-l

✦ Synopsis

The findings and arguments presented by Drs. Urbani and Betti [1998] constitute an interesting extension of the spectrum of Becker nevus syndrome. The authors provide convincing evidence for an association between supernumerary nipples and preponderantly ipsilateral Becker nevus. We fully agree with Urbani and Betti that supernumerary nipples can be taken as a further sign in the Becker nevus syndrome.

However, a puzzling point is the fact that, with the exception of one case [Friedel et al., 1988], the presence of supernumerary nipples was not mentioned in previous reports on other defects associated with Becker nevus [Happle and Koopman, 1997]. It was for this reason that we have so far hesitated to consider a mere cooccurrence of a Becker nevus and a supernumerary nipple to represent a syndrome. After all, we concur with Urbani and Betti that special attention should be given to this aspect in future studies on the Becker nevus syndrome.