Evelyn:

         intraductal papilloma/or papillomas are benign... (susan love p 104)
so why is there the need to remove... she describes them as a "little
wartlike growth on the lining of the duct. it gets eroded and bleeds,
creating a bloody discharge" John Issacs also discusses this in his textbook
of rbeast disease. The removal is done to "check" if the diagnosis is
correct. .. if it is benign... what is the rush?

            Patricia