mac·ro·cyst

(mak'rō-sist),

A cyst of macroscopic proportions.

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macrocyst

Microbiology
An aggregate of cells of Dictyosteliida, a group of cellular slime moulds.

Pathology
A nonspecific term for a large cyst, as are found in fibrocystic disease of the breast.

References in periodicals archive

With increasing age, macrocysts, fat necrosis and carcinomas are common.

Approach to the diagnosis of a breast lump: a breast lump raises the fear of breast cancer in all women

Most breast masses are found by the patient or a primary care provider,[12] and commonly indicate a macrocyst (clinically evident cyst), fibroadenoma, prominent areas of fibrocystic change, fat necrosis or cancer.[1]

Benign Breast Disease

The differentials of juvenile fibroadenoma include low-grade phyllodes tumor, virginal hypertrophy, and rarely lipoma, hamartoma, breast abscess, macrocyst, adenocarcinoma, and pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia.

Unusual variants of fibroadenoma breast

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