Multiple breast syndrome

Multiple breast syndrome

Multiple Breast Syndrome is a condition and a form of atavism where a person is born with, or develops, extra breasts. It is most prevalent in male humans, and often goes untreated as it is mostly harmless. In recent years, many affected women have had a plastic surgery operation to remove the additional breasts, for purely aesthetic reasons. In the film Total Recall a woman from Mars is shown with Multiple Breast Syndrome.

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References

  • A Paper on the Appearance of Multiple Mammaries in Humans, R. Eghardt, Oxford University Press (1923)
  • Weird Diseases, B. Hargreaves and M. Wallette, Emu Publishing (2007)

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