Term Name: breast intraductal proliferative lesion
Synonyms: Intraductal Proliferative Lesion
Definition: An intraductal breast benign neoplasm that is characterized by an increase in the number of cells perpendicular to the basement membrane resulting in total alteration and distension of the normal unit structure of the breast. It is confined to the duct-lobular system, originates from the terminal duct-lobular unit and displays different cytological and architectural patterns of proliferation.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:6839]   ( DOID:6839 )

Relationships
is a type of: intraductal breast benign neoplasm
has subtype: flat ductal epithelial atypia