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A common and benign breast disease characterized by varying degree of fibrocystic changes in the breast tissue. There are three major patterns of morphological changes, including FIBROSIS, formation of CYSTS, and proliferation of glandular tissue (adenosis). The fibrocystic breast has a dense irregular, lumpy, bumpy consistency.
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- Breast Dysplasia
- Fibrocystic Changes of Breast
- Fibrocystic Disease of Breast
- Fibrocystic Mastopathy
- Mammary Dysplasia
- Breast Disease, Fibrocystic
- Breast Fibrocystic Change
- Breast Fibrocystic Changes
- Breast Fibrocystic Disease
- Disease, Fibrocystic Breast
- Dysplasia, Breast
- Dysplasia, Mammary
- Mastopathy, Fibrocystic
- Adenosis of Breast
- Chronic Cystic Mastitis
- Cystic Breast Disease
- Cystic Disease of Breast
- Microglandular Adenosis
- Adenoses, Microglandular
- Adenosis, Microglandular
- Breast Adenosis
- Breast Cystic Disease
- Breast Cystic Diseases
- Breast Disease, Cystic
- Cystic Mastitis, Chronic
- Disease, Cystic Breast
- Microglandular Adenoses
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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, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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commonly chronic so do not coordinate with CHRONIC DISEASE; breast cyst fluid in fibrocystic breast disease: coordinate IM with CYST FLUID (NIM); BREAST CYST is also available
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History Note
2005 (1980)
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- Breast Diseases (1966-1979)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Fibrocystic Breast Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005348. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005348
- Fibrocystic Breast Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrocystic_breast_changes
- Fibrocystic Breast Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423177