| intraductal | Residing within the duct of the breast. Intraductal disease may be benign or malignant. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| intraductal carcinoma | <tumour> A form of carcinoma derived from the epithelial lining of ducts, especially in the breast, where most carcinoma's arise from ductal epithelium; the neoplastic cells proliferate in irregular papillary projections or masses, filling the lumens, that are solid, cribriform, or centrally necrotic; intraductal carcinoma is a form of carcinoma in situ as it is contained by the ductal basement membrane; when it invades surrounding stroma or metastasizes it is referred to as ductal carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraductal papilloma | A small, often nonpalpable, benign papilloma arising in a lactiferous duct and frequently causing bleeding from the nipple. Synonym: duct papilloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carcinoma, intraductal, noninfiltrating | A noninvasive (noninfiltrating) carcinoma of the breast characterised by a proliferation of malignant epithelial cells confined to the mammary ducts or lobules, without light-microscopy evidence of invasion through the basement membrane into the surrounding stroma. Its true incidence is uncertain but all noninvasive breast carcinomas comprise almost 5% of all neoplastic lesions of the female breast, with this carcinoma accounting for about 50% of these, or 2.5%-2.8% of all tumours. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| papilloma, intraductal | A small, often impalpable benign papilloma arising in a lactiferous duct and frequently causing bleeding from the nipple. (12 Dec 1998) |