Diseases

Breast Cyst

A fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM and found in the BREAST. It may appear as a single large cyst in one breast, multifocal, or bilateral in FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE.

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Abstract

A fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM and found in the BREAST. It may appear as a single large cyst in one breast, multifocal, or bilateral in FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Breast Cysts
  • Cyst, Breast
  • Cysts, Breast

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38 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

fluid in breast cyst: coordinate IM with CYST FLUID (NIM); FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE is also available

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History Note

2005; use FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE 1993-2004

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Previous Indexing

  • Breast Diseases (1967-1979)
  • Cysts (1967-1979)
  • Fibrocystic Disease of Breast (1980-2004)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Breast Cyst. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D047688. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D047688
  2. Breast Cyst. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cyst
  3. Breast Cyst. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647794