Galactography: an important and highly effective procedure
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Jutta Peters1, Axel Thalhammer, Volkmar Jacobi
1Department of Radiology, Bethanienkrankenhaus, Im Prüfling 23, 60389 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. j.peters@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Abstract:
Galactography should only be performed if there is spontaneous bloody or serous discharge from a single lactiferous duct of one breast. If this is observed, only pathologic processes instead of normal breast tissue are removed upon surgery and there is a close correlation between radiologic results and pathologic findings. Galactography localizes intraductal pathologic processes precisely and thus contributes to minimal volume surgery.
