Jenny Bui, Timothy Chalom, Saul D Nathanson, Theresa L Schwartz, Karen Hunt, Wamidh Alkhoory, Zhengfan Xu
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Abstract
We report a young female patient diagnosed with an invasive ductal carcinoma at the site of a prior cosmetic nipple piercing. She had no significant familial, genetic, or other carcinogenic risk factors to account for her presentation. A review of the literature confirms that trauma can occasionally be associated with invasive breast cancer, but such a connection has not previously been related to nipple piercing procedures.