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This chapter discusses the presentation, diagnostic workup, and management of the various types of nipple discharge and the role of cytology in the diagnosis of Paget’s disease of the nipple. Nipple adenomas are discussed in Chap. 3.

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  1. Department of Histopathology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK

    Andrew H. S. Lee

  2. University of NSW and University of Notre Dame Medical Schools, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    Andrew S. Field

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  1. University of NSW and University of Notre Dame Medical Schools, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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  2. Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University of South Australia and Clinpath Laboratories, Adelaide, Australia

    Wendy A. Raymond

  3. Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Schmitt

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Lee, A.H.S., Field, A.S. (2020). Nipple Cytopathology. In: Field, A.S., Raymond, W.A., Schmitt, F. (eds) The International Academy of Cytology Yokohama System for Reporting Breast Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cytopathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26883-1_8

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