Breast eczema may affect the nipples, areolae, or surrounding skin, with eczema of the nipples being of the moist type with oozing and crusting, in which painful fissuring is frequently seen, especially in nursing mothers.[1]: 78 It will often occur in pregnancy even without breast feeding.
Persisting eczema of the nipple in the middle-aged and elderly needs to be discussed with a doctor, as a rare type of breast cancer called Paget's disease can cause these symptoms.
breast, eczema, affect, nipples, areolae, surrounding, skin, with, eczema, nipples, being, moist, type, with, oozing, crusting, which, painful, fissuring, frequently, seen, especially, nursing, mothers, will, often, occur, pregnancy, even, without, breast, fee. Breast eczema may affect the nipples areolae or surrounding skin with eczema of the nipples being of the moist type with oozing and crusting in which painful fissuring is frequently seen especially in nursing mothers 1 78 It will often occur in pregnancy even without breast feeding Breast eczemaOther namesNipple eczemaSpecialtyDermatology Persisting eczema of the nipple in the middle aged and elderly needs to be discussed with a doctor as a rare type of breast cancer called Paget s disease can cause these symptoms See also editSkin lesionReferences edit James WD Berger T Elston D 2006 Andrews diseases of the skin clinical dermatology 10th ed Philadelphia Saunders Elsevier ISBN 978 0 7216 2921 6 External links edit nbsp This cutaneous condition article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Breast eczema amp oldid 1074425650, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
