Nipple change is an important aspect of clinical diagnosis of breast cancer is one. Due to infiltration and destruction of breast cancer cells, so that occurrence of breast duct and ligament shortening, hardening and other changes, so that the cancer involves the direction of the nipple retraction, fixed. This is also the clinical detection of breast cancer, one of the common signs. Eczema-like cancer in the nipple to form scaling, erosion, ductal adenocarcinoma can be formed nipple discharge.
The incidence of breast cancer, nipple discharge low, generally below 10%, bloody discharge in about 12% to 25% of breast cancer, but in patients over 50 years of age bloody nipple discharge, breast cancer up to 64%. Primary breast cancer in large catheter or tube carcinoma of the merger more nipple discharge. Sometimes the only discharge, but touch no obvious lumps, tube cancer for the early clinical manifestations. But breast cancer with nipple discharge as the only rare symptoms, most associated with breast lumps. Malignant intraductal papilloma, nipple eczema-like cancer can also be associated with nipple discharge. Discharge of breast cancer more common in unilateral breast milk of a single nozzle, discharge can be self-overflow can also be crushed and passive overflow. By their nature more common in bloody, serous bloody or watery discharge.
