title: [Nipple discharge: indications for surgery].
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.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Oncologica, Università degli Studi, Messina.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gioffrè Florio
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lo Presti
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gulino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marraro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: La mammella secernente: indicazioni alla chirurgia.