[Clinical symptoms and aspiration biopsy cytology of chronic mastitis (author's transl)].

The clinical aspects of chronic mastitis and the author's results achieved by means of aspiration biopsy cytology are dealt with from the oncological point of view. It is stated that chronic mastitis occurs more rarely in these days than a few years ago. In the course of 1000 breast examinations made by means of aspiration biopsy cytology in 1967--1979, there were 17 cases of chronic, nonspecific mastitis, 1 tuberculous mastitis, 2 plasmocytic mastitis, and 1 case in which the simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis and carcinoma were diagnosed with the help of this method. In the above diseases the accuracy of aspiration cytology is high. The procedure is fast, accurate, and can be performed on outpatients, too. Its application is recommended in all places where there are adequate conditions.