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What term is used to describe the benign condition that may have caused the mass ? The term used to describe benign condition that might have caused the lump in this patient is called Benign Breast Disease, of BBD. This is an umbrella term that can be use to describe a wide “spectrum of noncancerous changes in the breast” (McCance & Huether, 2014). The current patient does not have any fluid, or expression from the nipple, does not report pain or itching, and has no family history, so cancer is less likely the cause. As such, it would be considered ...