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Published in: European Radiology 7/2003

01-07-2003 | Tips and Tricks

Galactography: an important and highly effective procedure

Authors: Jutta Peters, Axel Thalhammer, Volkmar Jacobi, Thomas J. Vogl

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 7/2003

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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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Metadata
Title
Galactography: an important and highly effective procedure
Authors
Jutta Peters
Axel Thalhammer
Volkmar Jacobi
Thomas J. Vogl
Publication date
01-07-2003
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Radiology / Issue 7/2003
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-002-1739-x

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