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MeSH Heading: Mastodynia
Tree Number(s): C23.888.592.612.530; F02.830.816.444.443; G11.561.790.444.475
Unique ID: D059373
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059373
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Breast Pain; Mammalgia; Mastalgia
Previous Indexing: Pain (1975-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Introduced: 2012/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0549715
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Mastodynia Preferred Term
Term UI T777000
Date09/08/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Breast Pain
Term UI T778515
Date10/06/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Mammalgia
Term UI T777001
Date09/08/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Mastalgia
Term UI T776999
Date09/08/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

Mastodynia MeSH Descriptor Data 2026