[Statistical notes and long-term results in 178 patients operated for benign breast diseases]

178 patients of both sexes operated on for benign conditions of the mamilla between 1957 and 1967 were reviewed and the results are reported. The most frequent condition was sclerocystic mastosis, followed by benign cancer and forms with chronic inflammatory aetiology. The most affected sex, obviously, was the female. At follow-up, on average 9 yrs after operation, 19 female patients reported the reappearance of benign neoformations of the mamilla while carcinoma had occurred in a further 7 patients.