A fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM and found in the BREAST. It may appear as a single large cyst in one breast, multifocal, or bilateral in FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE.

Annotation

fluid in breast cyst: coordinate IM with CYST FLUID (NIM); FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE is also available

DUI

D047688 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0008439

Previous indexing

Breast Diseases (1967-1979); Cysts (1967-1979); Fibrocystic Disease of Breast (1980-2004)

History note

2005; use FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE 1993-2004

Public note

2005; see FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE OF BREAST 1993-2004