In the biology department....

[patgund]

Pseudomamma on the foot: An unusual presentation of supernumerary breast tissue (Note: Link includes pictures)

"Abstract
A 22-year-old woman sought medical care for a lesion in the plantar region of her left foot, a well-formed nipple surrounded by areola and hair. Microscopic examination of the dermis showed hair follicles, eccrine glands, and sebaceous glands. Fat tissue was noted at the base of the lesion. Clinical and histopathologic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of supernumerary breast tissue, also known as pseudomamma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of supernumerary breast tissue on the foot.

(On edit - also seems to have appeared on wtf_inc as well)

Comments

[ckgriffin.livejournal.com]

And the foot fetish crowd goes wild! (Sorry, it's too early in the morning for me to resist.)

[patgund.livejournal.com]

That's okay, my first thought was "gee, what a future in fetish films....."

So we're both bad....

[dartpoly.livejournal.com]

the NYT (science section) had an article yesterday about research into how fibroplasts (6th layer of tissue below the skin) "know" what kind of cells to make above them, based on where they are in the body, based on gene triggers... so a fibroplast that winds up at a finger knows to build extra skin "overhead", and it will be of a different type than for the torso region.

another way to understand it is that fibroplast from a chicken's wing, transplanted to the leg, SHOULDN'T grow feathers because it recognizes it's elsewhere.

this breast-on-foot sounds like a fibroplast with a broken GPS.

[dzayde.livejournal.com]

Usually your breasts dont start drooping until your in your late 20's. And man what a LONG way to droop!