title: Galactography: an important and highly effective procedure.
abstract: Galactography should only be performed if there is spontaneous bloody or serous discharge from a single lactiferous duct of one breast. If this is observed, only pathologic processes instead of normal breast tissue are removed upon surgery and there is a close correlation between radiologic results and pathologic findings. Galactography localizes intraductal pathologic processes precisely and thus contributes to minimal volume surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bethanienkrankenhaus, Im Prüfling 23, 60389 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. j.peters@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Jutta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thalhammer
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jacobi
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Vogl
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D009558:Nipples / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*