title: [Clinical application of breast fiber endoscopy in 3267 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the breast fiber endoscopy for the diagnosis of nipple discharge.
  
  
  METHODS
  FV-2000E Japanese ultra-fine fiber-optic duct endoscopy system was employed in 3267 cases of patients with nipple discharge. And the findings were correlated with pathological examinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were normal lumen (n = 499) (15.27%), duct dilation with chronic inflammation (n = 1750) (53.57%) and intraductal lesions (n = 1018) (31.16%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Breast fiber endoscopy is a safe and effective method of examination in patients with nipple discharge. It should be used as the preferred method of etiological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial Maternal & Child Health Hospital, Xi'an 710003, China. lijin8101@163.com
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged