Florid papillomatosis
of the nipple. A study of 51 patients, including nine with mammary
carcinoma.Am
J Surg Pathol. 1986 Feb;10 (2):87-101.
The present study
was undertaken to review the pathology of florid papillomatosis (FP)
of the nipple and to examine the relationship of FP to breast
carcinoma. Clinical features of 49 women studied did not differ
appreciably from those noted on prior reports, except that in one
instance the lesion was probably congenital. Histologically, three
distinct growth patterns were found: sclerosing papillomatosis (17
cases), papillomatosis (12 cases), and adenosis (3 cases). In 17 other
cases, mixtures of these proliferative patterns were seen. FP with the
sclerosing papillomatosis pattern more frequently had areas of focal
necrosis in hyperplastic ducts and scattered mitoses, features that
might be interpreted as evidence of carcinoma. No prognostic
significance can be attributed to these patterns, since all types were
cured by excision with follow-up that averaged 8.3 years. Seven of the
49 women had carcinoma in the same breast as FP: Two women had
invasive carcinoma that appeared to arise from FP, and four women had
concurrent invasive carcinomas that were separate from the FP; the
seventh woman developed diffuse intraductal carcinoma 10 years after
FP was excised from the same breast. Three of the seven women were
also treated for contralateral breast carcinoma. Also reviewed were
lesions from two men who had carcinoma arising in FP. One had
intraductal carcinoma with Paget's disease and the other had invasive
carcinoma. Appreciation of the diverse histological patterns of FP may
be helpful in avoiding an erroneous diagnosis of carcinoma. Features
indicative of carcinoma arising in FP are Paget's disease and areas of
invasion. FP of the nipple is rarely the substrate for mammary
carcinoma and is adequately treated by local excision. Coexistence
with carcinoma elsewhere in the same or opposite breast occurs often
enough to warrant thorough examination of the breasts when FP of the
nipple is diagnosed. The risk of subsequent carcinoma following
excision of FP appears to be low, but clinical follow-up is prudent.
Adenoma of the nipples. A rare, but essential differential
diagnosis.Ugeskr
Laeger. 1999 Oct 18;161(42):5807-8.
A case is
presented, where a 52 year-old woman with a two month history of
nipple discharge was diagnosed with adenoma of the nipple. A total
excision of the nipple was performed. Adenoma of the nipple is a
rare, but benign condition, which clinically can be confused with
Paget's disease of the nipple, intraductal papilloma and
adenocarcinoma of the breast. Complete excision of the nipple is
an adequate treatment of this condition.
Adenoma of the
nipple: report of a case.
Breast Cancer. 2006;13(1):95-9.
We report
a case of an adenoma of the nipple in a 33-year-old Japanese woman
who presented with a 2-year history of itching, eczema, and
discharge from the left nipple. Examination revealed a firm, well
defined and erosive tumor measuring 10 x 11 mm that was sore,
crusted, and indurated. There was a slight serosanguineous
discharge from the tumor. Cytological material from the tumor
obtained from the discharge and by fine needle aspiration (FNA)
and scraping showed a papillary cell cluster thought to be a
benign papilloma.We performed a tumor resection with preservation
of the nipple. The histological diagnosis was adenoma of the
nipple. The patient was left with a cosmetically well-preserved
nipple. No recurrent tumor has been observed for two years after
surgery.