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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| ==Causes==
| | Mastitis are usually caused by a common [[bacteria]] ([[Staphylococcus aureus]]) found on normal skin. The bacteria enter through a break or crack in the skin, usually on the nipple. The infection takes place in the fatty tissue of the [[breast]] and causes [[swelling]]. This swelling pushes on the milk ducts. The result is pain and lumps in the infected breast. |
| '''Nonpuerperal mastitis: Aetiology and Pathogenesis'''
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| Most clinically significant cases present as inflammation of the ductal and lobular system (galactophoritis) and possibly the immediately surrounding tissue.
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| Secretory stasis is the cause of nonpuerperal mastitis in about 80% of cases (Lanyi 2003). The retained secretions can get infected or cause [[inflammation]] by causing mechanical damage or leaking the [[lactiferous duct]]s.
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| [[Autoimmune]] reaction to the [[secretion]]s may be also a factor.
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| Several mechanisms are discussed throughout literature that may cause or predispose this (Lanyi 2003, Peters & Schuth 1989, Goepel & Pahnke 1991, Krause et al 1994).
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| * secretory disease or [[galactorrhea]]
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| * changes in [[permeability]] of lactiferous ducts (retention syndrome)
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| * blockage of lactiferous ducts, for example duct plugging caused by squamous [[metaplasia]] of lactiferous ducts
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| * trauma, injury
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| * mechanical irritation caused by [[retention syndrome]] or [[Fibrocystic]] Condition
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| * [[infection]]
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| * autoimmune reaction to luminal fluid
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| About 25% of patients may be hyperprolactinemic and significant coincidence with Fibrocystic Condition and [[thyroid]] anomalies has been documented (Peters & Schuth 1989, Goepel & Pahnke 1991). Up to 50% of patients experience transient [[hyperprolactinemia]] possibly caused by the inflammation or treatment and most had abnormally high [[Prolactin]] reserve (Goepel & Pahnke 1991).
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| Prolactin, [[IGF-1]] and [[TSH]] are important sytemic factors in galactopoesis, their significance in secretory disease is not documented but it has been asserted that the mechanisms of secretory disease and galactopiesis are closely related (Lanyi 2003).
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| Permeability the of the alveolar and ductal [[epithelia]] is mostly controlled by tight junction regulation and is closely linked to galactopoiesis and possibly secretory disease. The tight junctions are regulated by a multitude of systemic (prolactin, [[progesterone]], [[glucocorticoid]]s) and local (intramammary pressure, [[TGF-beta]], [[osmotic]] balance) factors (Nguyen & Neville 1998)
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| [[Tobacco smoking]] appears to be an important factor in the aetiology of squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts, around 90% of patients with this condition are smokers. Current smokers have the worst [[prognosis]] and highest rate of recurrent [[abscess]]es.
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| [[Acromegaly]] may present with symptoms of nonpuerperal mastitis.
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| [[Diabetes]] and many conditions with suppressed immune system can cause various infections of the breast and mastitis. Such conditions often present with inflammation of peripheral tissue and exotic infections.
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| Nipple piercings pose a risk due to bacterial infection following the injury and hormonal stimulation by the piercing (Jacobs et al 2003, Modest & Fangman 2002, Demirtas et al 2003).
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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