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  2. Duct ectasia of breast - Wikipedia

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    Duct ectasia of the breast, mammary duct ectasia or plasma cell mastitis is a condition that occurs when a milk duct beneath the nipple widens, the duct walls thicken, and the duct fills with fluid. This is the most common cause of greenish discharge. [1] Mammary duct ectasia can mimic breast cancer. It is a disorder of peri- or post-menopausal ...

  3. Ectasia - Wikipedia

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    Duct ectasia of breast, a dilated milk duct. Duct ectasia syndrome is a synonym for nonpuerperal (unrelated to pregnancy and breastfeeding) [2] mastitis. Dural ectasia, dilation of the dural sac surrounding the spinal cord, usually in the very low back. Pyelectasis, dilation of a part of the kidney, most frequently seen in prenatal ultrasounds ...

  4. Nonpuerperal mastitis - Wikipedia

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    Duct ectasia in the literal sense (literally: duct widening) is a very common and thus rather unspecific finding, increasing with age. However, in the way in which the term is mostly used, duct ectasia is an inflammatory condition of the larger-order lactiferous ducts. [2]

  5. Galactography - Wikipedia

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    With galactography, a larger part of the ductal system can be visualized than with the endoscopic investigation of a duct (called galactoscopy or ductoscopy). Causes for nipple discharge include duct ectasia, intraductal papilloma, and occasionally ductal carcinoma in situ or invasive ductal carcinoma. [1]

  6. Lactiferous duct - Wikipedia

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    Lactiferous ducts are ducts that converge and form a branched system connecting the nipple to the lobules of the mammary gland.When lactogenesis occurs, under the influence of hormones, the milk is moved to the nipple by the action of smooth muscle contractions along the ductal system to the tip of the nipple.

  7. Nipple discharge - Wikipedia

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    Duct ectasia may be treated with surgical removal of the ducts involved. [2] Infectious causes may require antibiotics or incision and drainage . [ 2 ] Nipple discharge is the third most common breast complaint by women, after breast pain and a breast lump . [ 4 ]

  8. Mastitis - Wikipedia

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    Names for non-puerperal mastitis are not used very consistently and include mastitis, subareolar abscess, duct ectasia, periductal inflammation, Zuska's disease and others. Periductal mastitis is a form of nonlactational mastitis, and is characterized by inflammation of the subareolar ducts.

  9. Tram track (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Tram track appearance in mammography/USG indicates Duct Ectasia. [citation needed] References This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 05:32 (UTC). ...