[Galactography of the female breast (author's transl)]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1975 May 30;100(22):1213-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1106359.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Breast lesions were diagnosed in 1518 patients among 8432 who had had mammography [ 19%]. In 324 there was the characteristic appearance of "secretory disease" . Additional uni- or bilateral galactography was performed in 458 womenbecause of breast secretion. A normal milkduct system was found in 29.6% of them; ductalectasia with a lumen above 3 mm diameter was present in 14.6%. The most common cause ofsecretions was small cysts as part of a small-cystic mammary fibrosis or fibrocysticdisease of the breast [ 32.6%]. Intraductal proliferation was present in 21% of allgalactograms, occult carcinoma in 3 [ 0.7%]. It would seem that a secreting breast isnot as common an early symptom of mammary carcinoma as sometimes stated. The most commoncomplication of galactography was mastitis [ more or less severe], almost always re-sponding to oxyphenbutazone administration.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Breast Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Contrast Media
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mammography*
  • Mastitis / drug therapy
  • Mastitis / etiology
  • Methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxyphenbutazone / therapeutic use
  • Pregnancy
  • Radiography / adverse effects

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Oxyphenbutazone