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A 38-year-old woman comes to the physician ...
Intraductal papilloma ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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submitted by โˆ—neonem(629)
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This is the most common cause of painless bloody discharge from the nipple in a woman of reproductive age. It is a benign tumor and there are no characteristic radiologic/mammographic changes.

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ih8payingfordis  FA 2019 pg 635 +



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submitted by โˆ—madojo(212)
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Ugh when you do it in uworld, write it down but still miss it.

Anyway going over other answers (pathoma): Fibrocystic changes of the breast --> benign, usually no discharge with this and you will usually have a lumpy breast or something palpable and it is hormone mediated. Pagets disease of the breast --> extension of ductal carcinoma in situ to lactiferous ducts and skin of nipple producing rash, so you see skin changes. No skin changes mentionedh ere. Prolactinoma --> gallactorhea not blood tinged

So per UW intraductal papilloma is a proliferation of papillary cels in a cyst wall or duct that may cause focal atypia - IT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF BLOODY NIPPLE DISCHARGE AND BREASTS WITHOUT BREAST MASS OR SKIN CHANGES

compare this to papillary carcinoma where you also have nipple discharge but you would see it in a post menopausal women.

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drpatinoire  Upvote it wishing I could memorize it lol +
mutteringly  To add to this, papillary carcinoma will only have epithelial cells and no longer have the myoepithelial cells that intraductal papilloma would have. +



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