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A galactocele (also called lacteal cyst or milk cyst) is a retention cyst containing milk or a milky substance that is usually located in the mammary glands. They can occur in women during or shortly after lactation. [1] They present as a firm mass, often subareolar, and are caused by the obstruction of a lactiferous duct.
Duct excision may also be indicated for the treatment of recurrent breast abscess and mastitis; [4] in this case however the total removal of all ducts from behind the nipple has been recommended to avoid further recurrence. [5] Galactography may be used to investigate the condition of the mammary duct system before the intervention. [6]
Some women (approximately 15%) [16] will require antibiotic treatment for infection which is usually caused by bacteria from the skin or the baby's mouth entering the milk ducts through skin lesions of the nipple or through the opening of the nipple. [23] Infection is usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus. [24]
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It affects women twice as frequently as men. Although the inciting event in this process is unknown, clinicopathologic study suggests that compression of the lumen of the nasolacrimal duct is caused by inflammatory infiltrates and edema. This may be the result of an unidentified infection or possibly an autoimmune disease. [citation needed]
A 26-year-old woman sought medical care after noticing a bloody discharge on her nipple — but said her doctor told her it was just a “hormonal imbalance.”
Central duct excision is the surgical removal (excision) of all lactiferous duct under the nipple. The excision of a single duct is called microdochectomy , a mere incision of a mammary duct (without excision) is microdochotomy .