A Case of Polymastia
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The third swelling was also pendulous, and just bigger than the size of a hen's egg, and the tip was gangrenous but no milk was leaking out of it. There was no enlargement of axillary glands. Operation.?The patient came to hospital on the 7th day after delivery and she was worried over these abnormalities. After due preparation I amputated all the three accessory mammae and she was discharged on the 10th day with breasts perfectly healed.
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