Breast lump. What to do?

Concern about the breast is one of the main reasons why women consult their doctors. All gynecologists should be familiar with the evaluation of breast disease, so that control checks should be performed every 1 or 2 years for women between 40 and 49 years and annually for those over 50 years.

Breast diseases can be categorized as major groups: inflammatory, benign, premalignant and malignant lesions. Although doctors tend to associate with breast cancer in postmenopausal women, 5% of breast cancers occur in women under age 40 and 20 to 25% in women under 50 years. Therefore the evaluation of any breast lump dominant, regardless of the age of the patient should be thorough and complete.

In women between 25 and 30 years of age generally have dense breasts and for study is more appropriate to perform an ultrasound to mammography. The most common solid tumor in this age group is the fibroademona, who tend to be rubbery, mobile, nontender, with sharply defined edges in both clinical examination and on ultrasound. A basic security rule indicates that all lesions of the breast in adults, should be subjected to careful evaluation. If a cyst is made needle aspiration and solid if you can get a biopsy sample and according to the result, removal of the mass. A negative mammogram does not exclude the need for tumor biopsy needle.

 

 

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