| lobular carcinoma in situ |
unlike DCIS, LCIS is not really cancer at all. Most physicians consider the finding of LCIS to be accidental, and it is thought to be a marker for breast cancer risk. That is, women with LCIS seem to have a 7?0 times increased risk of developing some form of breast cancer (usually invasive lobular carcinoma) over the next 20 years. LCIS does not warrant treatment by surgery or radiation therapy. Close follow up is most commonly indicated and LCIS is not easily seen on mammogram.
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| lobular carcinoma |
Originates in the milk-producing lobules of the breast. Can spread to the fatty tissue and other parts of the body.
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| lobar pneumonia |
pneumococcal infection of one or more lobes of one or both lungs
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| lobular |
describing involvement of lobule, eg, lobular pneumonia, not involving the whole lobe
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| lobular carcinoma in situ |
(LOB-yoo-lar KAR-si-NO-ma in SYE-too) LCIS. Abnormal cells found in the lobules of the breast. This condition seldom becomes invasive cancer; however, having lobular carcinoma in situ in one breast increases the risk of developing breast cancer in either breast
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