Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Enfermedad de Paget del pezón
Paget disease of the nipple (PA-jet dih-ZEEZ )
A form of breast cancer in which the tumor grows from ducts beneath the nipple onto the surface of the nipple. Symptoms commonly include itching and burning and an eczema-like condition around the nipple, sometimes accompanied by oozing or bleeding.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.