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.
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Peters, J., Thalhammer, A., Jacobi, V. et al. Galactography: an important and highly effective procedure. Eur Radiol 13, 1744–1747 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-002-1739-x
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