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plasma cell mastitis

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mastitis /mas·ti·tis/ (mas-ti´tis) inflammation of the breast.
mastitis neonato´rum  any abnormal condition of the breast in the newborn.
periductal mastitis  inflammation of the tissues about the ducts of the mammary gland.
plasma cell mastitis  infiltration of the breast stroma with plasma cells and proliferation of the cells lining the ducts.

plasma cell mastitis
n.
A condition of the breast characterized by tumorlike indurated masses containing numerous plasma cells.


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The first of these processes is plasma cell mastitis, which consists of a mixed chronic inflammatory infiltrate with many plasma cells present, especially around the ducts.
 
 
 
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