title: Simultaneous duct ectasia of accessory and normally located breast.
abstract: Accessory breast and duct ectasia are common clinical problems in their own right. However, their coexistence is a rare entity. Duct ectasia is a dilation in one or more of the larger lactiferous duct filled with a stagnant brown or green secretion, which may or may not discharge through the nipple. This material acts as an irritant and leads to periductal mastitis. Duct ectasia may present with subareolar mass, nipple discharge, nipple retraction, non-cyclical mastalgia or mammary fistula. Surgical options are microdochectomy or cone excision of major ducts. This case report describes the presence of duct ectasia in both accessory breast situated in the axilla and ipsilateral normal breast simultaneously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Unit V, Civil Hospital, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi. drshahishakeel@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shahida Parveen
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Afridi
authors.forename: M Shahid
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shamim
authors.forename: Shafiq Ur
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Khursheed Ahmed
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Samo
authors.forename: Shazia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D008413:Mastitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009558:Nipples / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy