comedocarcinoma

comedocarcinoma
Form of carcinoma of the breast or other organ in which plugs of necrotic malignant cells may be expressed from the ducts.

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com·e·do·car·ci·no·ma .käm-ə-.dō-.kärs-ən-'ō-mə n, pl -mas also -ma·ta -mət-ə breast cancer that arises in the larger ducts and is characterized by slow growth, late metastasis, and the accumulation of solid plugs of atypical and degenerating cells in the ducts

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com·e·do·car·ci·no·ma (kom″ə-do-kahr″sĭ-noґmə) [comedo + carcinoma] a type of ductal carcinoma in situ whose central cells are degenerated and easily expressed from the cut surface of the tumor.

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