Bloody nipple discharge in a 7-month-old boy.

BMJ Case Rep

Department of Paediatrics, Mullingar Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Ireland.

Published: October 2011

Isolated bloody nipple discharge is rare in infancy and is usually idiopathic. Discharge commonly resolves spontaneously, and ultrasonography is a useful diagnostic technique to detect the cause of discharge. The authors report a 7-month-old boy who presented with unilateral spontaneous bloody nipple discharge for 1 month without signs of infection or mass.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3207732PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3761DOI Listing

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