Report on 514 cases of nipple discharge

Objective:To discuss the cause and diagnostic methods of nipple discharge, thus effectively lower the chance of getting breast tube disease. Methods: Examine the smear of 514 nipple discharge cases and check the retro analysis results. Results: It showed intraductal papillomas (31.13%), hyperplasia of mammary glands (22.57%), breast tube cancer or cancerous change of intraductal papillomas (14.78%), dilatation of breast tube (13.04%), mammitis (12.45%) and others (6.03%). Conclusion: Cytological examination of nipple discharge is the first choice to diagnose the cause of nipple discharge. Near infrared scanning diagnosis is also helpful. More than half of the blood discharges of nipple patients who are older than fifty are breast tube cancer patients. Early examination and treatment of discharge is an important factor to prevent breast tube cancer.