Canadian Medical Guide > Diseases > Neoplasms > Cysts > Fibrocystic Disease of Breast Terms and Definitions
Fibrocystic Disease of Breast
Medical Definition: | A chronic disorder comprising three variants which range from lesions consisting primarily of an overgrowth of fibrous tissue to those characterized by dominance of the proliferation of the epithelial parenchyma to a form of dysplasia characterized by both stromal and epithelial hyperplasia with the formation of cysts. |
Guide Notes: | commonly chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE; breast cyst fluid: coord IM with EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES with pertinent qualif (NIM) |
Also Called: | Breast Cysts,Adenosis of Breast,Mammary Dysplasia,Mastitis, Cystic |
Previously Indexed: | Breast Diseases (1966-1979) |
Fibrocystic Disease of Breast Medical Definitions and Terms
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