Authors: Sedat Kamali Omer Bender Gülcin Harman Kamali Mehmet Timucin Aydin Oguzhan Karatepe Enis Yuney
Publish Date: 2012/06/06
Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 154-161
Abstract
Data on 357 ductoscopic investigations from patients with nipple discharge were collected prospectively Seventyfive patients were diagnosed as having intraductal papillary lesions and these cases were evaluated by final histopathology 55 solitary 14 multiple papillomatosis 6 premalignant or malignant lesions Results of classical diagnostic studies using ultrasonography mammography and galactography were compared with those of ductoscopy and pathologyThe sensitivities of investigation methods for papillomas in this study were 72 in ultrasonography 629 in mammography 814 in galactography and 866 in ductoscopy With ductoscopic papillomectomy DP almost 30 of patient with solitary papilloma did not require further extensive surgerySince there is an increased risk of malignancy surgical excision is recommended for multiple larger papillomas and for papillomas with atypia and in addition for papillomas where diagnostic tools produce suspicious findings On the other hand DP is a minimally invasive intervention and can aid in the followup of lesions proven to have no atypia
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