What are the diseases of the mammary glands?

Actinomycosis of the mammary glands is a disease caused by a bacterial infection of the female body. It almost always occurs in a chronic form. Exacerbation of symptoms occurs upon reaching childbearing age.

Paget's disease is a form of breast cancer that has an eczema-like character and affects the nipple and areola. This rather rare disease affects women aged 62 and over and men aged 69 and over.

Intraductal papilloma of the mammary gland (cystadenomas, papillary cystadenomas) are benign neoplasms that look like papillary growths.

Galactorrhea is a pathological condition in which milk or colostrum is secreted from the nipples. Sometimes it lasts more than six months after a woman has finished breastfeeding or may not be associated with lactation at all.

Fat necrosis of the mammary gland is a local necrosis of the fatty tissue of the breast in women, which is subsequently replaced by cicatricial neoplasms.

A mammary cyst is a benign neoplasm located in the mammary gland, which is a palpable cavity filled with fluid. A cyst is considered one of the symptoms of fibrocystic mastopathy or Reclus disease (polycystic breast disease).

Lactostasis is a disease that is provoked by the inability of normal milk flow from one or more areas of the breast of a nursing woman.

Lipoma of the mammary gland is a benign neoplasm consisting of a capsule and adipose tissue. Lipoma can be localized in any area of the mammary gland, be of different sizes and shapes.

Leaf-like tumor of the mammary gland (giant myxomatous fibroadenoma, leaf-like fibroadenoma, phyllodes fibroadenoma, intracanalicular fibroadenoma) is a disease that is characterized by the formation of a two-component formation in the tissues of the mammary gland.

Macromastia is a chronic disease of the mammary gland in women. Signs of the disease are a characteristic enlargement of one or both mammary glands.

Mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland. In most cases, it occurs in nursing mothers, but can sometimes occur in pregnant women, non-nursing women, and newborns (both boys and girls).

Mastopathy is a disease characterized by the proliferation of breast tissue. It may be accompanied by pain and the release of pathological secretions from the milk duct.

Mammary gland malformations are a group of congenital defects in breast development that include various anomalies in the shape, number and position of the nipples, areola and mammary glands.

Lactation problems - dysfunction of the mammary gland.

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the mammary glands. This disease is the second most common among oncological diseases. It is one of the most common diseases of the mammary glands in women.

Paget's disease is a type of breast cancer that affects the nipple-areolar complex.

Mammary gland sarcoma is a non-epithelial neoplasm of the mammary gland of a malignant nature.

Syphilis of the mammary glands is a specific infectious disease caused by spirochete, resulting in damage to the mammary glands.

Cracked nipples are certain defects that damage the structure and integrity of the skin on the nipples.

Tuberculosis of the mammary glands is a specific tuberculous process that affects the mammary glands.

Nodular mastopathy belongs to benign modifications of the mammary glands, which are formed in the body in the form of cysts and nodes.

Breast contusions are classified as closed breast injuries.

Fibroadenoma is a disease that manifests itself as a benign tumor that has clear boundaries, it has no capsule, its consistency is soft elastic, painless, not connected to the skin, and is quite mobile (the main symptom that distinguishes it is the «float» symptom). Fibroadenoma contains glandular and connective tissue. The source of development is the lobules of the mammary glands.

Fibroma of the mammary gland (MG) is a benign formation that is formed from connective cells.