| granulomatous mastitis | A rare granulomatous inflammation of lobular breast tissue, with multinucleated giant cells; sarcoidosis is excluded by the frequent presence of neutrophils and absence of involvement of other tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| chronic cystic mastitis | Older term corresponding to fibrocystic condition of the breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlegmonous mastitis | Old term for abscess or cellulitis of the breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plasma cell mastitis | A condition of the breasts characterised by tumourlike indurated masses containing numerous plasma cells, usually resulting from mammary duct ectasia; although clinically resembling malignant disease (attachment to skin and enlargement of axillary lymph nodes), it is not neoplastic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal mastitis | Mastitis, usually suppurative, occurring in the later part of the puerperium. Synonym: lactational mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stagnation mastitis | Painful distention of the breast occurring during the latter days of pregnancy and the first days of lactation. Synonym: caked breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| submammary mastitis | Inflammation of the tissues lying deep to the mammary gland. Synonym: retromammary mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suppurative mastitis | Inflammation of the breast due to infection with pyogenic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interstitial mastitis | Inflammation of the connective tissue of the mammary gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ovine mastitis | An acute inflammation of the sheep udder, usually gangrenous. Synonym: bluebag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactational mastitis | Mastitis, usually suppurative, occurring in the later part of the puerperium. Synonym: lactational mastitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| appendix fibrosa hepatis | A fibrous process, into which the tip of the left lobe of the liver may taper out, that passes with the left triangular ligament to be attached to the diaphragm. Synonym: appendix fibrosa hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articulatio fibrosa | A union of two bones by fibrous tissue such that there is no joint cavity and almost no motion possible; the types of fibrous joints are sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses. Synonym: articulatio fibrosa, immovable joint, junctura fibrosa, synarthrodia, synarthrodial joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bronchiolitis fibrosa obliterans | Obstruction of bronchioles and alveolar ducts by fibrous granulation tissue induced by mucosal ulceration; the condition may follow inhalation of irritant gases (see silo-filler's lung) or may complicate pneumonia (see BOOP); associated with obstructive findings (see unilateral hyperlucent lung, Swyer-James syndrome). Synonym: bronchiolitis obliterans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsula fibrosa | Any fibrous envelope of a part. The fibrous capsule of an organ. Synonym: stratum fibrosum, tunica fibrosa, capsula fibrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |