PEDIATRICS Vol. 73 No. 1 January 1984, pp. 103-105
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Urinary Tract Abnormalities in Children with Supernumerary Nipples

IZHAK B. VARSANO MD1, LUTFI JABER MD1, BEN-ZION GARTY MD1, MASZA M. MUKAMEL MD1, and MICHAEL GRÜNEBAUM MD2

1 Division of Pediatrics, Beilinson Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Petah-Tikva, Israel
2 Division of Pediatric Radiology, Beilinson Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Petah-Tikva, Israel

Supernumerary nipples (accessory nipples or polythelia) are classified as minor developmental anomalies. Their incidence, as reported in different ethnic groups, varies from 0.22% to 5%.1,2 Various malformations associated with supernumerary nipples have been described in individual cases.2,3 Recently, attention was drawn to a high incidence of renal abnormalities in children with supernumerary nipples. Mehes1,4 initially evaluated 20 Hungarian children and then an additional 37 Hungarian children with supernumerary nipples and discovered urinary tract abnormalities in 15 (40%) and nine children (27%), respectively. On the other hand, Rahbar,5 using clinical criteria and urine findings, was not able to identify renal or other malformations in 22 American black neonates with supernumerary nipples.

Submitted on December 29, 1982
Accepted on April 29, 1983