comedos in a sentence
Examples
- Periductal mastitis, comedo mastitis, secretory disease of the breast, plasma cell mastitis and mastitis obliterans are sometimes considered special cases or synonyms of duct ectasia syndrome.
- Typical usage in North America is a synonym of nonpuerperal mastitis, including the special cases of granulomatous mastitis, comedo mastitis, subareolar abscess with or without squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts and fistulation.
- If the pore enlarges, the gunk in the duct may oxidize and turn black, creating a blackhead or " open comedo . " ( Contrary to widespread belief, blackheads are not caused by dirt or lack of good hygiene .)
- While radiation isn't recommended for everyone, there was wide geographic variability : Only 39 percent of women in parts of California got radiation, compared with 74 percent in Hawaii . _ Worse, a third whose DCIS was found to be aggressive _ the medical term is comedo histology _ didn't get radiation . _ Removal of lymph nodes from the armpit isn't recommended for DCIS, yet in some regions more than 40 percent of patients underwent that extra step.