WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: Update and New Question Re:15 yr. old and Breast Discharge

Re: Update and New Question Re:15 yr. old and Breast Discharge

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:38:37 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 26 Jan 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I did take my daughter to a breast specialist today. This doctor did
>examine her breasts and felt lumps on both breasts. She also did a
>sonagram and diagnosed a cyst on one breast just above the nipple and
>said the lump on the other breast again just above the nipple was a
>papilloma. I felt very comfortable with this doctor and her
>explainations. Surgery will be scheduled soon so that the papilloma can
>be removed and the cyst asperated. I didn't think to ask her about the
>name "papilloma". I know the "P" in HPV is papilloma and can lead to
>pre cancerous cells in the cervix. Can the same thing happen in the
>breast? Will she have greater chances of breast cancer later in life?
>Thanks again for all your information. :)

The term papilla refers to any small nipple-like process. Many skin growths, including but not limited to warts, are papillomas. This is unlikely to have any implications for future breast cancer.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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