plasma cell mastitis
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plas·ma cell mas·ti·tis
a condition of the breasts characterized by tumorlike indurated masses containing numerous plasma cells, usually resulting from mammary duct ectasia; although clinically resembling malignant disease (attachment to skin and enlargement of axillary lymph nodes), it is not neoplastic.
plasma cell mastitis
Uncertain; an obsolete designation for a heterogeneous condition, at least some cases of which are thought to have corresponded to mammary duct ectasia.plas·ma cell mas·ti·tis
(plaz'mă sel mas-tī'tis)A condition of the breasts characterized by tumorlike indurated masses containing numerous plasma cells, usually resulting from mammary duct ectasia; although clinically resembling malignant disease (attachment to skin and enlargement of axillary lymph nodes), it is not neoplastic.