title: [Nipple discharge without palpable tumor. Experience of the Institut Curie from 1970 to 1984].
abstract: Four hundred and ten women with serous or bleeding nipple discharge without palpable mass were treated by surgery in the Curie Institute between 1970 and 1984. The cancer rate in this group was 12.2 per cent. Galactography was of anatomical interest as it showed the canal at the origin of the discharge. Malignant cells were observed at cytological examination in only 17 per cent of intragalactophoric cancers. Surgical excision is necessary if the nipple discharge is uniporous and easily reproducible by areolar pressure, particularly in the post-menopausal period when the frequency of cancer is highest (17.7 per cent).
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, section médicale et hospitalière, Paris.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Foulot
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vielh
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Labeta
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pilleron
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D008327:Mammography; D009558:Nipples; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Ecoulement par le mamelon sans tumeur palpable. Expérience de l'Institut Curie de 1970 à 1984.