Background: Ectopic breast tissue, which includes both supernumerary breast and aberrant breast tissue, is the most common congenital breast abnormality. Ectopic breast cancers are rare neoplasms that occur in 0.3% to 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadio Immuno Guided Surgery (RIGS) is a technique that has numerous uses in oncology. It is characterised by a multidisciplinary approach by nuclear physician and surgeon for diagnosis and treatment; it uses colloid radiotracers, monoclonal antibodies or non-immunological tracers. We adopted this technique in 281 patients: 256 (91.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEctopic breast tissue occurs in 0.4-6% of the general population. Usually, these tissues develop along the embryonic milk line but other sites are reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe most frequent breast inflammatory diseases are lactational and non-lactational mastitis. The diagnosis of these lesions is always difficult, as they often mimic breast cancer. The Authors report on their experience about 830 clinical cases of non-lactational mastitis, 804 were superficial abscesses and 24 were phlegmons.
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