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Normal anatomy
The female breast is composed mainly of fatty tissue interspersed with fibrous or connective tissue and milk-producing glandular tissue. The circular region around the nipple is often a different color or pigmented. This region is called the areola.
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Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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