Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

dilatación quística de sus luces

English translation:

cystic dilatation of the lumina/lumens

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Spanish term

dilatación quística de sus luces

Spanish to English Other Medical: Health Care Colombian medical form
This phrase occurs in the microscopic description of a mastectomy exam:

Parenquíma mamario con marcada esclerosis e hialinización estromal, con representación adecuada de ductos, sin evidencia de atipia citológica; con presencia de ductos con dilatación quística DE SUS LUCES. No hay evidencia de carcinoma in situ o infiltrante residual.

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Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 cystic dilatation of the lumina/lumens

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cystic dilatation of the lumina/lumens

luz is lumen - the inside space of a tubular structure.
Example sentence:

The pathologic diagnosis was mammary duct ectasia. A microscopic analysis of the specimen demonstrated multiple dilated ducts with periductal fibrosis. The lumens of the dilated ducts contained histiocytes and degenerated epithelial cells, and duct stasis

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