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Rusty pipe syndrome, a cause of bloody nipple discharge: case report
Joana Raquel Silva1, Rita Carvalho, Catarina Maia
1Gynecology/Obstetrics Department, Vila Nova de Gaia-Espinho Hospital Center , Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal .
Breastfeeding has universally known advantages to the mother and child that include nutritional and immunological benefits but also involve reasons of ecological and economic order. Initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding can be associated with common problems. The beginning of milk production may course with bloody nipple discharge, which, after exclusion of pathological entities, concerns a self-resolving physiological syndrome called rusty pipe. We present a case of rusty pipe syndrome and discuss the implications.
Breastfeeding has universally known advantages to the mother and child that include nutritional and immunological benefits but also involve reasons of ecological and economic order. Initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding can be associated with common problems. The beginning of milk production may course with bloody nipple discharge, which, after exclusion of pathological entities, concerns a self-resolving physiological syndrome called rusty pipe. We present a case of rusty pipe syndrome and discuss the implications.
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