Research Article
Duct Excision is Still Necessary to Rule out Breast Cancer in Patients Presenting with Spontaneous Bloodstained Nipple Discharge
Table 3
Histology compared to type of discharge.
| Histology | Number | Number with frank bloodstained discharge (% of diagnostic group) |
| All | 194 | 108 (56%) | Malignant | 11 | 11 (100%) | IDC | 4 | 4 | DCIS | 7 | 7 | Benign | 183 | 97 (53%) | Duct ectasia | 76 | 43 | Papilloma | 65 | 36 | Periductal mastitis | 21 | 8 | Fibrocystic disease | 12 | 5 | ADH | 3 | 2 | Normal | 6 | 4 |
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