Which benign breast tumor affects postmenopausal women and is characterized by the principal lactiferous ducts becoming dilated and filled with cellular debris?

a. Mammary duct ectasia
b. Intraductal papilloma
c. Phyllodes tumor
d. Fibroadenoma


Ans: a. Mammary duct ectasia

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