Diseases

Mastodynia

Pain in the breast generally classified as cyclical (associated with menstrual periods), or noncyclical, i.e. originating from the breast or nearby muscles or joints, ranging from minor discomfort to severely incapacitating.

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Abstract

Pain in the breast generally classified as cyclical (associated with menstrual periods), or noncyclical, i.e. originating from the breast or nearby muscles or joints, ranging from minor discomfort to severely incapacitating.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Breast Pain
  • Mammalgia
  • Mastalgia
  • Breast Pains
  • Mammalgias
  • Mastalgias
  • Mastodynias
  • Pain, Breast
  • Pains, Breast

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Pain (1975-2011)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mastodynia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059373. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059373
  2. Mastodynia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_pain
  3. Mastodynia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907986