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Treatment. Duct ectasia sometimes gets better without treatment. Warm compresses and antibiotics may be used in some cases. If the symptoms do not go away, the abnormal duct may be removed with surgery. How does duct ectasia affect your risk for breast cancer? Duct ectasia does not increase your breast cancer risk.
In the context of screening for breast cancer, duct ectasia is something which may be found as a tubular mass below the nipple on a clinical exam. It will probably not be found on the mammogram X-ray. I tubular mass of sorts can often be felt, which is likely the result of a retracting nipple.