The diagnostic value of nipple discharge cytology: breast imaging complements predictive value of nipple discharge cytology.

Background: Papilloma is the most common finding associated with pathologic nipple discharge. In the absence of breast imaging abnormalities, the incidence of occult malignancy is <3%.

Objective: To determine the predictive value of nipple discharge cytology in conjunction with breast imaging.

A pitfall of protracted surgery in the lithotomy Position: lower extremity compartment syndrome.

Although the lithotomy position is frequently used in urologic, gynecologic, and colorectal surgery, the potentially devastating complication of lower extremity compartment syndrome is not widely recognized. The authors report a 50-year-old woman who underwent 8 hours of colorectal surgery in the lithotomy position. After surgery she complained of bilateral calf pain and was noted to have episodes of ventricular tachycardia.

Metastatic lobular breast cancer presenting with malignant ascites: case report and review of literature.

We review the case of an elderly woman with invasive lobular breast cancer presenting as malignant ascites. This unusual presentation is discussed, as well as the options for treatment. Most invasive lobular breast cancers are hormone receptor positive and the roles of hormonal and chemotherapy are reviewed.