Causes of Nipple discharge

This section discusses 71 medical conditions causing Nipple discharge. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Nipple discharge:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Nipple discharge. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Lactation
• Breast feeding
• Pregnancy
• Breast disorders
  • Breast infection (see Breast symptoms)
  • Breast abscess
  • Breast cyst (type of Cyst)
  • Breast duct papilloma - typically a bloody nipple discharge; sometimes yellow nipple discharge.
  • Mastitis
  • Breast cancer
  • Ductal ectasia - may cause a green or brown nipple discharge
  • Breast duct cancer (see Breast cancer)
  • Breast papilloma (see Breast lump)
  • Paget's disease of nipple - can cause a bloody nipple discharge
• Breast stimuation (see Breast symptoms) - various kinds of breast stimulation may produce a small discharge:
  • Sexual stimulation
  • Mammograms
• Hormonal disorders
  • Pituitary disorder
  • Prolactinoma
  • Adrenogenital syndrome
• Certain medications
• See also bleeding nipple, breast pain, breast lump, or other breast symptoms
• Breast cancer
• Ductal carcinoma (type of Breast Cancer)
• Duct Papilloma
• Mammary dysplasia
• Mammary duct ectasia
• Breast Abscess
• Lactation cysts
• Breastfeeding
• Medications
• Chlorpromazine
• High levels of prolactin hormone (hyperprolactinemia)
• Causes of hyperprolactinemia
• Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding
• Stress
• Thyroid disease
• Medications
• Pituitary tumour
• Hypothalamus dysfunction
• Chronic renal failure
• Milk during pregnancy
• Milk during lactaion
• Infective mastitis
• Duct ectasia
• Epthelial hyperplasia
• Comedo mastitis
• Acute suppurative mastitis
• Tuberculous lesion
• Epithelial proliferation
• Intraduct carcinoma
• Choriocarcinoma
• Intraductal papilloma
• Paget's disease
• Prolactin-secreting pituitary tumor
• Chest wall surgery (see Chest symptoms)
• Chronic mastitis
• Galactocele

Causes of Nipple discharge listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Nipple discharge as a symptom include:

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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Nipple discharge:

The following list of conditions have 'Nipple discharge' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Zuskas Disease ... Nipple discharge

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List of 71 causes of Nipple discharge

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Nipple discharge in our database from various sources.

• Acute suppurative mastitis
• Adenoid cystic carcionoma - nipple discharge
• Adrenogenital syndrome
• Ahumada-Del Castillo Syndrome - abnormal milk production
• Breast abscess
• Breast cancer - Nipple discharge
• Breast cancer stages: 0, I, II, III, IV - nipple discharge
• Breast cyst
• Breast disorders
• Breast duct cancer
• Breast duct papilloma - bleeding from nipple
• Breast feeding
• Breast infection
• Breast papilloma
• Breast stimuation - various kinds of breast stimulation may produce a small discharge:
• Causes of hyperprolactinemia
• Certain medications
• Chest wall surgery
• Chlorpromazine
• Choriocarcinoma
• Chronic mastitis
• Chronic renal failure
• Comedo mastitis
• Duct ectasia
• Duct ectasia of breast
• Duct Papilloma
• Ductal carcinoma
• Ductal ectasia - nipple discharge
• Epithelial proliferation
• Epthelial hyperplasia
• Galactocele
• High levels of prolactin hormone (hyperprolactinemia)
• Hormonal disorders
• Hypothalamus dysfunction
• Infective mastitis
• Inflammatory breast cancer - nipple discharge
• Intraduct carcinoma
• Intraductal papilloma
• Invasive breast cancer - nipple discharge
• Invasive ductal carcinoma - nipple discharge
• Lactation
• Lactation cysts
• Locally advanced breast cancer - nipple discharge
• Male Breast Cancer - Nipple discharge
• Mammary duct ectasia
• Mammary dysplasia
• Mammograms
• Mastitis
• Medications
• Medullary carcionoma - Nipple discharge
• Metaplastic carcinoma - nipple discharge
• Metastatic breast cancer - Nipple discharge
• Micropapillary carcinoma - nipple discharge
• Milk during lactaion
• Milk during pregnancy
• Paget's disease
• Paget's disease of nipple - can cause a bloody nipple discharge
• Paget's disease of the nipple
• Pituitary disorder
• Pituitary tumour
• Pre-invasive breast cancer - nipple discharge
• Pregnancy
• Prolactin-secreting pituitary tumor
• Prolactinoma
• See also bleeding nipple, breast pain, breast lump, or other breast symptoms
• Sexual stimulation
• Stress
• Thyroid disease
• Tuberculous lesion
• Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome - abnormal milk production
• Zuskas Disease - Nipple discharge

Drug side effect causes of Nipple discharge

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Nipple discharge as a side effect.

• Oral contraceptives
• Phenothiazines
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Certain blood pressure medications
• Certain antidepressants

[See detailed list of 7 drug side effect causes of Nipple discharge]

Medical Textbooks about Nipple discharge

Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Nipple discharge. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Nipple discharge (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

Medical Books Excerpts

• AURAL DISCHARGE (OTORRHEA)
• "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Nipple discharge
• "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Galactorrhea/Nipple Discharge
• "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
• [ read ]

• Nipple discharge
• "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Nipple Discharge
• "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
• [ read ]

• Nipple discharge
• "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Nipple discharge
• "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
• [ read ]

• AURAL DISCHARGE (OTORRHEA)
• "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
• [ read ]

 

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