[Nipple discharge: indications for surgery]

Minerva Chir. 1996 Sep;51(9):697-700.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Nipple discharges are related to physiological events or due to benign lesions of the breast. Sometimes they can express mammary cancers. The authors report their experience of the diagnosis and treatment of 1241 patients with secreting breast. They underline the importance of a correct diagnostic protocol to select cases needing surgical treatment.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Breast Diseases / physiopathology
  • Breast Diseases / surgery*
  • Breast Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nipples / physiopathology*