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Hello. I am 26 years old, and a few days ago I noticed a VERY DARK almost black looking discharge from one nipple, and from only one hole in the nipple. After touching the discharge and looking at it better, I realized that it was blood. What is this????
That should be examined with: 1. Exfoliative cytology of your discharge, 2. Mammography & galactography (mammography with an x-ray contrast fluid injected into the milk duct from which your discharge comes) of the discharging breast (and mammography of the other breast too). 3. Ultrasound and MRI breast scans of both your breasts. 4. Needle biopsies of any unclear breast lesions seen. With this a diagnosis on which further decisions can be made should be possible. It does not necessarily mean anything dangerous but it can be so any such condition must be checked for.
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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
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I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience in diagnostics and treatment of breast tumours.
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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy educated & trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps.You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 I have no restrictions on the number of questions there.
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