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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.
Figure 3. Dilated ducts secondary to benign duct ectasia in a patient with pain behind the nipple and in the. retroareolar region. US images of the left breast, obtained at the 3-oâclock position, show tubular anechoic. areas (arrowheads) behind the nipple (a) and in the retroareolar region (b). N in b = nipple.