"' Lactiferous ducts "'form a tree branched system connecting the lobules of the mammary gland to the tip of the nipple.
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Each adult breast consists of 15 to 20 milk-producing mammary glands, irregularly shaped lobes that include alveolar glands and a lactiferous duct leading to the nipple.
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Using high-frequency ultrasound, a diagnostic evaluation of the lactiferous ducts by means of ultrasound ( "'duct sonography "') can be performed.
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In the anatomy of mammals, a nipple, mammary papilla or teat is a small projection of skin containing the outlets for 15 20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip.
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In many cases, in particular in patients with recurrent subareolar abscess, the excision of the affected lactiferous ducts is indicated, together with the excision of any chronic abscess or fistula.
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The milk glands are most likely to be affected by subglandular implants ( under the gland ), and by large-sized breast implants, which pinch the lactiferous ducts and impede milk flow.
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Typical usage in North America is a synonym of nonpuerperal mastitis, including the special cases of granulomatous mastitis, comedo mastitis, subareolar abscess with or without squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts and fistulation.
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Atossa Genetics is sponsoring a Phase 2 clinical trial, on the use of fulvestrant administered through a microcatheter into the lactiferous duct as neoadjuvant treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer.
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All the milk-secreting tissue leading to a single lactiferous duct is called a " simple mammary gland "; in a " complex mammary gland " all the simple mammary glands serve one nipple.
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It divides the two mammary complexes that consist of two bodies of fatty pads, glandular tissues of mammary glands, connective tissues, and skin, as well as two duct systems ( lactiferous duct of lymphatic vessel ) and lobule alveoli emanating from two nipples.
