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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct 28:2011:bcr0120113761.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3761.

Bloody nipple discharge in a 7-month-old boy

Ahmed Zaid  1 , Eirin Carolan, Farhana Sharif
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Case Reports

Bloody nipple discharge in a 7-month-old boy

Ahmed Zaid et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Isolated bloody nipple discharge is rare in infancy and is usually idiopathic. Discharge commonly resolves spontaneously, and ultrasonography is a useful diagnostic technique to detect the cause of discharge. The authors report a 7-month-old boy who presented with unilateral spontaneous bloody nipple discharge for 1 month without signs of infection or mass.

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