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Suspicious Breast Lumps (Plastic Surgery)

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What is Suspicious Breast Lumps?

A collection of infected fluid called an abscess in breast tissue also can cause a breast lump. The lump often is linked with breast pain, redness or other change to skin color in that area and swelling of the skin. Intraductal papilloma. This is a skin tag-like growth in a milk duct.

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  • A round, smooth, and firm breast lump.
  • A large, solid-feeling lump that moves easily under the skin.
  • A hard breast lump with an unusual shape.
  • An area of skin that has changed color or looks red.
  • Skin dimpling like an orange.
  • Changes in breast size or shape.
  • Fluid leaking from the nipple.

A breast lump that's painless, hard, unusual in shape and different from the breast tissue around it might be breast cancer. The skin covering the lump may thicken, change color or look red. It also may look flaky, dimpled or pitted like the skin of an orange. Your breast size and shape may change.

Lumps in a woman are most often either fibroadenomas or cysts, or just normal variations in breast tissue known as fibrocystic changes. Fibrocystic changes are painful, lumpy breasts. This is a benign condition that does not increase your risk for breast cancer.

These solid breast tumors aren't cancer. They're smooth, and they move easily under the skin when touched. A fibroadenoma may get smaller over time or grow larger. Factors that may be linked with fibroadenoma growth include being pregnant, using hormone therapy such as birth control pills or having a period

  • Keep Weight in Check.
  • Be Physically Active.
  • Eat Your Fruits & Vegetables – and Limit Alcohol (Zero is Best).
  • Don't Smoke.
  • Breastfeed, If Possible.
  • Avoid Birth Control Pills, Particularly After Age 35 or If You Smoke.
  • Avoid Hormone Therapy for Menopause.
  • Tamoxifen and Raloxifene for Women at High Risk.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

You'll have regular ultrasound exams of your breast tissue to check the size of the fibroadenoma and how it looks, and to assess whether the lump remains stable in size. If it grows or looks unusual during an ultrasound, you may need a biopsy. Depending on lab findings, you may need surgery to remove the fibroadenoma

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A core needle biopsy of the breast is a procedure to remove samples of tissue from a lump or suspicious area of the breast and evaluate it for breast cancer. Core needle biopsy uses a long, hollow needle to take several core samples of tissue, usually using ultrasound or mammographic guidance.

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