Nipple discharge cytology: do we swim against the tide?

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The impact of malignant nipple discharge cytology (NDc) in surgical management of breast cancer patients

BACKGROUND The role of nipple discharge cytology (NDc) in the surgical management of breast cancer patients is unclear. We aimed: (i) to evaluate the effect of malignant NDc on the surgical approach to the nipple-areola complex, and (ii) to verify the association between malignant NDc and nipple malignancy. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed a case series of 139 patients with NDc who underwe...

admission and discharge from icu: do we have any protocol?

number of icu beds is one in the important indexes of providing health care for the critically ill patients around the world. lack of icu beds may delay admission to icu and causes patients’ poorer prognosis [1]. there are 20 and 15 icu beds/100,000 inhabitants in the usa and canada respectively. in european countries including germany, france and uk the number of icu beds per 100,000 persons i...

Suspicious Nipple Discharge Diagnostic Evaluation

The diagnosis of ND begins with its characterization as either a physiological or pathological condition (Simmons et al., 2003). Physiological discharge, often a manifestation of breast manipulation, is usually bilateral, is white or green, and emanates from many ducts (Simmons et al., 2003). Possible causes of persistent physiological discharge include oral contraceptives, antihypertensives, t...

Swimming Against the Tide

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