[Nipple-areola complex malformations]. / Les malformations du complexe aréolo-mamelonnaire.

THE NIPPLE-AREOLA COMPLEX, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NIPPLE-AREOLA PLATE, IS AN ESSENTIAL VISUAL FEATURE OF THE BREAST.THIS COMPLEX CAN BE AFFECTED BY VARIOUS MALFORMATIONS, BOTH CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED. ALTHOUGH THESE ANOMALIES OFTEN HAVE A MODERATE IMPACT ON THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS COMPLEX, THE RESULTING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES CAN BE SIGNIFICANT. THEIR TREATMENT IS MOST OFTEN SURGICAL AND MANY TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED OVER THE YEARS TO RECONSTRUCT AREOLA AND NIPPLE. REGARDLESS OF THE TECHNIQUE USED, THIS ONE AS TO BE SIMPLE, QUICK, IMITATE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE A NATIVE AREOLA-NIPPLE COMPLEX AND BE RELATIVELY DURABLE, AVOIDING NUMEROUS SURGICAL PROCEDURES.: .