Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
travées blanchâtres
English translation:
white streaks
Added to glossary by
Laura Miller
Jun 12, 2010 03:26
13 yrs ago
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French term
travées blanchâtres
French to English
Medical
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
I know that "travées has already been asked, but I don't think it works with my context. This is from a pathology report of a partial mastectomy from a hospital in Quebec.
Le parenchyme contient plusieurs travées blanchâtres semi-fermes mais pas de nodule bien défini.
Are these bands (or streaks) of white fibrous tissue?
Thank you in advance!
Le parenchyme contient plusieurs travées blanchâtres semi-fermes mais pas de nodule bien défini.
Are these bands (or streaks) of white fibrous tissue?
Thank you in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | white streaks |
Joanne Archambault
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| 4 +3 | white streaks |
Isabelle Berquin
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| 4 | whitish areas |
Gabriella Bertelmann
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Proposed translations
+3
11 hrs
Joanne Archambault
United States
United States
Native in French
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
PhD + Pharmaceutical/Orthopedics
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
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55
Selected
white streaks
That's how I would say it...
Tumor cells extend into the adjacent breast and fibroadipose tissue in a radiating pattern creating stellate, white streaks seen on gross examination and mammographic images.
Tumor cells extend into the adjacent breast and fibroadipose tissue in a radiating pattern creating stellate, white streaks seen on gross examination and mammographic images.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Isabelle Berquin
: I agree :) Your answer must have been submitted while I was typing mine!
5 mins
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we even used the same reference :o)
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| agree |
SJLD
15 hrs
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thanks S.
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| agree |
Michael Lotz
2 days 2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you so much for your help!"
10 hrs
Gabriella Bertelmann
Native in English
Works in field
Certified Translator/Reviewer 35Y f.t.
Native in: English , German
Works in: German to English, English to German, French to English, and 5 more.
whitish areas
Le parenchyme contient plusieurs travées blanchâtres semi-fermes mais pas de nodule bien défini.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
SJLD
: "travée" suggests a linear element - I think "areas" is much too vague
29 mins
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+3
11 hrs
Isabelle Berquin
Native in French
Specializes in field
PhD with a solid scientific background
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Belgian) 
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
white streaks
In my opinion, "streaks" conveys the directionality but is more commonly used than "channels" in pathology reports. I would not venture to guess if the streaks are fibrous tissues, they could be several things (scar tissue, necrosis, cancer cells...) unless the pathology repots specifies it later. Also, "whitish" is more specific than white, but the latter sounds more natural, and either could be used.
Some examples:
"Chalky white streaks correspond to necrosis, calcification, or elastosis" http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/breast_ca.htm
"On sectioning the breast, there is a firm tan-gray tumour nodule measuring 3 x 2 x 1 cm, located in the left upper quadrant. The remainder of the breast consists of fatty tissue admixed with white streaks of breast stroma."
http://sl.infoway-inforoute.ca/downloads/Improving Quality t...
"Tumor cells extend into the adjacent breast and fibroadipose tissue in a radiating pattern creating stellate, white streaks seen on gross examination and mammographic images."
http://www.breastdiseases.com/invcapa1.htm
Some examples:
"Chalky white streaks correspond to necrosis, calcification, or elastosis" http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/breast_ca.htm
"On sectioning the breast, there is a firm tan-gray tumour nodule measuring 3 x 2 x 1 cm, located in the left upper quadrant. The remainder of the breast consists of fatty tissue admixed with white streaks of breast stroma."
http://sl.infoway-inforoute.ca/downloads/Improving Quality t...
"Tumor cells extend into the adjacent breast and fibroadipose tissue in a radiating pattern creating stellate, white streaks seen on gross examination and mammographic images."
http://www.breastdiseases.com/invcapa1.htm
Note from asker:
| Isabelle, thank you for your answer as well, I really wish I could have assigned points to both you and Joanne, but since I can't, I went with the person who answered first. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Joanne Archambault
: I agree with your answer too!
29 mins
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Thanks Joanne!
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| agree |
SJLD
15 hrs
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Thank you!
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| agree |
Michael Lotz
2 days 2 hrs
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Discussion
No mention of fibrous tissue as such in the report (although it may well be) so I wouldn't introduce the term.