title: [Mammary secretion: retrospective study of diagnostic and therapeutic problems].
abstract: Nipple secretion is an important clinical symptom in the context of breast pathology second only, in terms of incidence and diagnostic role, to the presence of a mammary nodule. Its importance derives from its possible association with cancer (from 3% to 47%) of which it may be the earliest sign, even if it is most often in relation to a benign pathology. The authors report their experience from 1988 to the present in 60 cases of mammary secretion out of 1200 patients attending the clinic.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi, Sassari.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cottu
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cossu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Scanu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gadeddu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dettori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: La mammella secernente: studio retrospettivo di problemi diagnostici e terapeutici.