Breast disease

Breast diseases can be classified either with disorders of the integuement, or disorders of the reproductive system.

Cancer[edit | edit source]

A majority of breast diseases are noncancerous.^[1]

Breast Pain[edit | edit source]

Infections and inflammations[edit | edit source]

These may be caused among others by trauma, secretory stasis/milk engorgement, hormonal stimulation, infections or autoimmune reactions. Repeated occurrence unrelated to lactation requires endocrinological examination.

Pre-malignant diseases[edit | edit source]

• Carcinoma in situ, a pre-malignant condition which can progress to a malignant cancer

Malignant diseases[edit | edit source]

Malignant diseases include:

• Breast cancer
• Paget’s disease of the nipple, also known as Paget’s disease of the breast

Benign conditions[edit | edit source]

Benign conditions include:

• Congenital disorders
  • inverted nipple
  • supernumerary nipples/supernumerary breasts (polymazia / polymastia) /duplicated nipples
• Aberrations of normal development and involution
  • cyclical nodularity
  • breast cysts
  • fibroadenoma - benign tumor
  • gynecomastia (males)
  • nipple discharge, galactorrhea
  • mammary fistula
• Fibrocystic disease / Fibrocystic changes
  • cysts
  • epithelial hyperplasia
  • epithelial metaplasia
  • papillomas
  • adenosis
• Pregnancy-related
  • galactocoele

Fibrocystic Breast Condition[edit | edit source]

Also called: fibrocystic breast disease, Chronic cystic mastitis, Diffuse cystic mastopathy, Mammary dysplasia

Discharge from the nipples[edit | edit source]

Abnormal nipples[edit | edit source]

Nipples

Inverted nipples[edit | edit source]

Inverted nipple

Mastitis[edit | edit source]

• • bacterial mastitis
  • mastitis from milk engorgement or secretory stasis
  • mastitis of mumps
  • chronic intramammary abscess
  • chronic subareolar abscess
  • tuberculosis of the breast
  • syphilis of the breast
  • retromammary abscess
  • actinomycosis of the breast
  • Mondor’s disease
  • duct ectasia syndrome
  • breast engorgement

References[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

• Breast
• Mammary gland
• Paget's Disease of Breast
• Mondor's disease
• Mastalgia
• Accessory breast

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