Prevalence of Ectopic Breast Tissue and Tumor: A 20-Year Single Center Experience.

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.

[Personal experience using radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS)].

Radio 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.

[Breast abnormalities: a retrospective study of 208 patients].

Ectopic 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.

[Non-lactational mastitis: our experience].

The 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.

[Evaluation of complications and long-term results after surgery for gynaecomastia].

In an attempt to evaluate ten years of surgical treatment of gynaecomastia, we analysed the incidence of complications and the quality of the results in a group of patients classified according to Simon. Over the decade 1992-2002, 107 patients with gynaecomastia aged from 17 to 79 years were treated. The prevalent surgical approach was subcutaneous mastectomy.

[Sentinel lymph-node biopsy in breast cancer: five years' experience].

The authors report on their experience with sentinel lymph-node biopsy in breast cancer. Sentinel lymph-node biopsy was performed in 91 patients with T1-T2 N0 M0 breast cancer using radiocolloid (99mTC radiolabelled colloidal human albumin microaggregate) injected perilesionally in 56 cases and by Blu Patent V alone in 35 cases. The sentinel lymph nodes identified were located in the axilla in 88 cases, in the internal mammary nodes in 2 cases and in a subclavicular site in 1 case.

[Nipple discharge: personal experience with 2,818 cases].

After mastodynia, nipple discharge is the second most frequent condition that brings women to the attention of breast clinics. Seven types of nipple discharge exist: milky, multicolored, purulent, clear-watery, serous, pink or serosanguineous, brown or reddish-brown. From January 1982 to January 2003 we observed 2818 patients with nipple discharge (range: 16-83 years).

[Surgical treatment of breast cancer after neoadjuvant therapy].

Primary chemotherapy represents a new therapeutic strategy that allows the implementation of conservative surgical treatment in locally advanced breast cancer or in cancers measuring > 3 cm. Of 127 patients with breast cancers measuring > 2.5 cm, 86 were treated with primary chemotherapy.

Surgical approach to nipple discharge: a ten-year experience.

Background And Objectives: The actual relationship between malignancy and secreting breast has not yet been extensively verified, mainly in patients with nipple discharge but without evidence of a breast lump. This study was carried out in 1,251 consecutive patients to evaluate the reliability of cytology combined with galactography in order to assess the relationship of malignant and premalignant lesions with discharge without the presence of a breast lump.

Methods: Those patients with bilateral discharge were approached endocrinologically, whereas the patients (433) with unilateral secretion were evaluated by cytology, mammography, fine needle biopsy, and galactography.

[Treatment and prognosis of metachronous bilateral carcinoma of the breast].

In this study the incidence, the treatment and the survival of 7 patients with bilateral metachronous breast cancer have been evaluated. From this experience, the value of careful follow-up of mastectomized patients in order reach an early diagnosis of bilateral breast cancer is stressed.