Involvement of the nipple and areola in breast cancer. Value of clinical findings.
In a series of 80 consecutive mastectomies it was investigated histologically, by a horizontal sectioning technique, how often the nipple and/or areola were involved in breast cancer. Such involvement was found in 35 cases (43.8%). In the same series the value of the clinical findings as to involvement of the nipple and/or areola was assessed. Only 6 of the 35 cases had shown clinical changes that could give rise to a suspicion of spread to the nipple and/or areola.
D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000473:pathology*