Advances in diagnosis and treatment of plasma cell mastitis / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Plasma cell mastitis,also known as periductal mastitis or mammary duct ectasia,always occurs in young women.Because of It's Complicated and varied clinical manifestations,it is easily misdiagnosed as breast cancer.Early diagnosis and staging helps to avoid unnecessary surgery.At present,There is no unified understanding to this kind of disease.Modern medicine mainly treated it by surgery while Traditional Chinese medicine believes it shoull be treated internally and externally.Complete resection of the lesion and the cosmetic effect is the focus of current research.This article reviews the progress of research in plasma cell mastitis etiology,pathology,diagnosis and treatment.