Major subareolar ducts dilate and shorten with age. By the age of 70, 40% of women have dilated ducts When symptomatic- called “duct ectasia”
Presentation:
- nipple discharge (yellow, green or brown)
- nipple retraction (classically slit-like)
- If discharge is troublesome- duct excision of affected duct
Duct ectasia showing slit-like nipple retraction.
(contrasts with breast cancer, in which the whole nipple is pulled in)
(Contrasts with breast cancer, in which the whole nipple is pulled in)
