fibrocystic disease of the breast

[-sis′tik]

Etymology: L, fibra + Gk, kystis, bag

the presence of single or multiple cysts that are palpable in the breasts. The cysts are benign and fairly common, yet must be considered potentially malignant and observed carefully for growth or change. The client may report unilateral or bilateral breast pain and tenderness that frequently begin 7 to 10 days before menses and resolve as the menses progresses. The cysts can be aspirated and a biopsy performed. In most cases no treatment is required. Decreasing caffeine in the diet and taking supplemental vitamin E have been effective in helping to alleviate breast tenderness. Women should be taught how to perform frequent breast examinations. A woman is shown any cysts present and is taught palpation, and the importance of any change is emphasized. Reassurance should also be given that the condition is very common and generally not associated with cancer. Only about 5% of fibrocystic conditions could be considered a risk factor for later development of cancer. Also called chronic cystic mastitis. See also cystic fibrosis.

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apocrine metaplasia
chronic cystic mastitis
danazol
Danocrine
fibrocystic
fibrocystic disease of breast
fibrocystic disease of the pancreas
juvenile papillomatosis
mammectomy
mammitis
mastadenitis
mastectomy
mastitis
quadrantectomy
radical mastectomy
simple mastectomy
subcutaneous mastectomy

Indicators of higher risk are: advanced age, breast cancer in mother, sister, or daughter, early onset of first period (under age 12), menopause after the age of 50, late first pregnancy or not having children, being white, a history of cancer of the uterus or in the other breast, fibrocystic disease of the breast, or having an abnormality in certain genes.

Your life: What the Dickens..hubby has Pickwick syndrome by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

Iodine replacement in fibrocystic disease of the breast.

Iodine and iodide: functions and benefits beyond the thyroid by Rheault, Shana; Olmstead, Stephen; Ralston, Janet; Meiss, Dennis / Townsend Letter

57,58) Presented with the evidence on fibrocystic disease and on breast cancer, it is reasonable to hypothesize that fibrocystic disease of the breast and breast cancer may, like goiter and cretinism, be iodine-deficiency disorders.

Extrathyroidal benefits of iodine by Miller, Donald W., Jr. / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

Fibrobacter succinogenes