[A woman with a red nipple with purulent discharge]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2015:159:A8662.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

We describe a 49-year-old woman who presented to the surgeon with recurring complaints of her right nipple, such as redness, pain, swelling and purulent discharge from the areolar margin. The diagnosis 'Zuska's disease' should be distinguished from breast cancer, Paget's and Mondor's disease. Treatment is surgical with a microdochectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Abscess / surgery
  • Breast Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Breast Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Fistula / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nipples / pathology*

Supplementary concepts

  • Zuska's Disease