Table 1 Nature of discharge
From: The role of major duct excision and microdochectomy in the detection of breast carcinoma
Total group [n = 211(%)] | Non-pathological discharge* [n = 86 (%)] | Pathological discharge* [n = 116 (%)] | |
|---|---|---|---|
Bloody | 150 (71%) | 51 (60%) | 91 (78%) |
Serosanguinous | 2 (1%) | 2 (2%) | |
Non-bloody | 59 (28%) | 33 (38%) | 24 (21%) |
Serous | 33 (16%) | 7 (8%) | 24 (21%) |
Green | 13 (6%) | 13 (15%) | |
Brown | 5 (2%) | 5 (6%) | |
Other | 8 (4%) | 8 (9%) | |
Unilateral | 200 (95%) | 75 (87%) | 116 (100%) |
Bilateral | 11 (5%) | 11 (13%) | |
Uniductal | 158 (79%)† | 38 (47%)† | 116 (100%) |
Multiductal | 43 (21%)† | 43 (53%)† | |
Unspecified | 10 | 5 | |
Spontaneous | 159 (79%)† | 41 (49%)† | 116 (100%) |
Expressed | 43 (21%)† | 43 (51%)† | |
Unspecified | 9 | 2 |