Is this client of antidepressants? Some women will have a discharge from the nipples. Jan Jan Aken RN IBCLC LNC 2131 SOPER HILL RD. LAKE STEVENS,WA 98258-4204 PHONE 425-334-6934 CELL 425-210-8282 "Obstacles cannot crush me, every obstacle yields to stern resolve." -Leonardo da Vinci -----Original Message----- From: Lactation Information and Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Catharine Decker Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 11:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Sebaceous Nipple Discharge After Weaning? I saw a patient in clinic for a "breast lump". It turned out to be an inflamed subareolar sebaceous cyst. It was quite tender and draining purulent, bloody sebaceous material. She was treated for this and it resolved. However, what puzzled me was that on exam, both breasts produced fairly substantial amounts of thick, cheesy, yellowish-white sebaceous type material from the milk ducts. This material could be gently expressed from all of the milk ducts on both breasts. It was clearly sebaceous material by the appearance and characteristic odor. The patient, in her early 40's, reported that she'd has such discharge ever since weaning her last baby around 10 years prior. She regularly noticed it, but it caused her no discomfort or concern until the cyst appeared. This was her first occurance of a cyst. She was referred back to her gynecologist who did a follow-up exam and obtained a mammogram, which was normal. I had never encountered this before. Have others seen women with this type of discharge? Is there anything that can or should be done about it, other than the follow-up as described above? It seems to be entirely asymptomatic except for the formation of the one cyst. Catharine Decker, MD Family Medicine/Urgent Care Luther Midelfort/Mayo Health Systems ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]