Several other conditions and diseases occur with some frequency in cancer
patients. The terms and definitions are listed below.
| Term |
Definition |
| burns in primary site area |
Certain types of skin cancer seem to be related to burns. Therefore,
it is important to note whether or not the patient was burned in the
area around the primary site of a skin cancer. |
| cystic mastitis (chronic cystic mastitis) |
This is a disease of the breast characterized by cyst formation which
gives a nodular feel to the organ. |
| leukoplakia, leukoplasia |
It is a disease marked by the development upon a mucous membrane (most
commonly of the cheeks, gums, or tongue) of white, thickening patches
which sometimes show a tendency to fissure. It is common in smokers and
sometimes becomes malignant. |
| polyposis of GI tract |
The presence of multiple polyps in the GI tract |
| polyposis gastrica |
The presence of multiple polyps on the gastric mucosa |
| polyposis intestinalis |
A condition in which polyps occur in the intestine and rectum |
| ulcerative colitis |
chronic ulceration in the colon |
| villous adnomas of the colon |
Colon tumors that see to be associated with the protrusion of small
blood vessels on the mucosa of the large intestine and rectum, giving
a velvet-like surface |
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