fibroglandular

Other times the lump may just represent a prominent area of fibroglandular tissue.

According to the authors, mammographic breast density, or the proportion of fibroglandular tissue pictured on the mammogram, is an established risk factor for breast cancer.

The definitive therapy involved excision of the fistula and all of the retroareolar fibroglandular tissue, along with ductal tissue within the nipple.

It was found that 31% of the patients treated with combined therapy showed an increase in fibroglandular tissue compared to only 8.7% in the group treated with oestrogen alone.

Fatty tissue appears dark on a mammogram, whereas fibroglandular tissue appears as white areas.