TY - JOUR
T1 - Simultaneous duct ectasia of accessory and normally located breast
AU - Afridi, Shahida Parveen
AU - Shamim, M. Shahid
AU - Shafiq-ur-Rahman,
AU - Samo, Khursheed Ahmed
AU - Sabir, Shazia
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Accessory breast and duct ectasia are common clinical problems in their own right. However, their coexistence is a rare entity. Duct ectasia is a dilation in one or more of the larger lactiferous duct filled with a stagnant brown or green secretion, which may or may not discharge through the nipple. This material acts as an irritant and leads to periductal mastitis. Duct ectasia may present with subareolar mass, nipple discharge, nipple retraction, non-cyclical mastalgia or mammary fistula. Surgical options are microdochectomy or cone excision of major ducts. This case report describes the presence of duct ectasia in both accessory breast situated in the axilla and ipsilateral normal breast simultaneously.
AB - Accessory breast and duct ectasia are common clinical problems in their own right. However, their coexistence is a rare entity. Duct ectasia is a dilation in one or more of the larger lactiferous duct filled with a stagnant brown or green secretion, which may or may not discharge through the nipple. This material acts as an irritant and leads to periductal mastitis. Duct ectasia may present with subareolar mass, nipple discharge, nipple retraction, non-cyclical mastalgia or mammary fistula. Surgical options are microdochectomy or cone excision of major ducts. This case report describes the presence of duct ectasia in both accessory breast situated in the axilla and ipsilateral normal breast simultaneously.
KW - Accessory breast
KW - Duct ectasia
KW - Plasma cell mastitis
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M3 - Article
C2 - 19149984
AN - SCOPUS:63049106243
SN - 1022-386X
VL - 19
SP - 57
EP - 58
JO - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
JF - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
IS - 1
ER -