breast intraductal proliferative lesion

Term ID

DOID:6839

Synonyms

• Intraductal Proliferative Lesion

Definition

An intraductal breast benign neoplasm that is characterized by an increase in the number of cells perpendicular to the basement membrane resulting in total alteration and distension of the normal unit structure of the breast. It is confined to the duct-lobular system, originates from the terminal duct-lobular unit and displays different cytological and architectural patterns of proliferation. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijso/2012/501904/

References

• NCI:C27942
• UMLS_CUI:C1334631

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:6839 )