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To the Editor: The unusual appearance of the left breast of Michelangelo's "Night," a marble statue of a female figure, has often been mentioned in the literature on Michelangelo's Medici Chapel (Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy). One of us, an oncologist, found three abnormalities associated with locally advanced cancer in the left breast. There is an obvious, large bulge to the breast contour medial to the nipple; a swollen nipple–areola complex; and an area of skin retraction just lateral to the nipple (Figure 1). These features indicate a tumor just medial to the nipple, involving . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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