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Inframammary fold

Introduction

Cross section of the breast of an adult, female human.

Inframammary fold (IMF), inframammary crease or inframammary line is the feature of human anatomy that delineates a breast from below, the place where the breast and the chest meet. The choice of the term depends on the prominence of the feature.

Histologically, it was revealed that the inframammary fold has an intrinsic dermal structure consisting of regular arrays of collagen[1]

References

  1. ↑ Boutros S, Kattash M, Wienfeld A, Yuksel E, Baer S, Shenaq S. “The intradermal anatomy of the inframammary fold”, Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998 Sep;102(4):1030-3. PMID 9734420


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