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intraductal papilloma |
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papilloma /pap·il·lo·ma/ (pap″il-o´mah) a benign tumor derived from epithelium.papillo´matous
fibroepithelial papilloma a type containing extensive fibrous tissue. intracanalicular papilloma an arborizing nonmalignant growth within the ducts of certain glands, particularly of the breast. intraductal papilloma a tumor in a lactiferous duct, usually attached to the wall by a stalk; it may be solitary, often with a serous or bloody nipple discharge, or multiple. inverted papilloma one in which the proliferating epithelial cells invaginate into the underlying stroma.
intraductal papilloma, a small benign epithelial tumor in a milk duct of the breast, occasionally marked by bleeding from the nipple. See also papilloma. Intraductal papilloma Ductal papilloma Breast disease A benign epithelial intraductal mass seen in the breast of pre- and perimenopausal ♀, arising in ductal epithelium Clinical Breast pain, nipple discharge, palpable mass. See Breast
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