Breast MRI in Patients with Unilateral Bloody and Serous-Bloody Nipple Discharge: A Comparison with Galactography

Figure 4

53-year-old patient presenting serous-bloody nipple discharge. Craniocaudal (a) and mediolateral oblique (b) mammographic images show the filling stop few millimeters distant from the nipple of the cannulated duct, imaging finding suggestive of papilloma. MRI image (T1-weighted 3D flash acquired in the axial plane) shows a mass intraductal enhancement in the retroareolar area (c) with round and sharp margins, indicative of a benign proliferation of the ductal epithelium (papilloma). Histology later confirmed the papilloma diagnosis.

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