title: Mammary gland papilloma--diagnostic and therapeutic behavior.
abstract: Papillary lesions of the mammary gland represent a serious disease and incorporate a broad spectrum of lesions. The goal of the current article is to reveal the diagnostic methods and therapeutic behavior in patients with pathological discharge from the nipple of the mammary gland. In this article we present 15 cases of histologically proven mammary gland papilloma. Mammographic, ultrasonographic and cytologic methods are applied for diagnostic specification. The chosen therapeutic behavior in all of the women is surgical. We take into consideration the possibilities of the different diagnostic methods as well as the therapeutic behavior-conservative or surgical approach. We reckon that when there is suspicion for mammary gland papilloma a surgical intervention is necessary to be carried out--due to the functional discomfort and due to the possibility intraductal carcinoma in situ to be missed out in some cases.
authors.affiliation: Chest and Abdominal Surgery Department, Medical University-Plovdiv.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Uzunova
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paskalev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murdjhev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchikov
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hadzhiev
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poryazova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nedeva-Petkova
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iankulov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papathanasio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult