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When it occurs in breastfeeding mothers, it is known as puerperal mastitis, lactation mastitis, or lactational mastitis. When it occurs in non breastfeeding women it is known as non-puerperal or non-lactational mastitis. Mastitis can, in rare cases, occur in men. Inflammatory breast cancer has symptoms very similar to mastitis and must be ruled ...
[4] [5] It has been exceptionally rarely diagnosed during pregnancy and in men. [6] [7] Primary presentation of any of these conditions as mastitis is very rare and in many cases probably predisposed by other breast or systemic conditions. Although granulomatous mastitis is easily confused with cancer it is a completely benign (non-cancerous ...
Duct ectasia of the breast, mammary duct ectasia or plasma cell mastitis is a condition that occurs when a milk duct beneath the nipple widens, the duct walls thicken, and the duct fills with fluid. This is the most common cause of greenish discharge. [ 1 ]
Treatment of mastitis and/or abscess in nonlactating women is largely the same as that of lactational mastitis, generally involving antibiotics treatment, possibly surgical intervention by means of fine-needle aspiration and/or incision and drainage and/or interventions on the lactiferous ducts (for details, see also the articles on treatment ...
Among infants, mastitis occurs more frequently in full-term females [3] and infants under the age of 5 weeks. [22] Additionally, Staphylococcus aureus causes about 85% of cases encounter. [23] However, other bacteria such as gram-negative enteric bacteria, anaerobes, and Group B Streptococcus can be the cause of the neonatal mastitis. [10]
Men that have discharge from their nipples are not typical. Discharge from the nipples of men or boys may indicate a problem. Discharge from the nipples can appear without squeezing or may only be noticeable if the nipples are squeezed. One nipple can have discharge while the other does not.
Other names for the condition include chronic cystic mastitis, fibrocystic mastopathy and mammary dysplasia. [27] The condition has also been named after several people (see eponyms below). Since it is a very common disorder, some authors have argued that it should not be termed a disease, [ 28 ] whereas others feel that it meets the criteria ...
Clinical presentation is typical in only 50% to 75% of cases; many other conditions, such as mastitis or even cardiac insufficiency, can mimic the typical symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer. Temporary regression or fluctuation of symptoms, spontaneously or in response to medications or hormonal events should not be considered of any ...