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Focal Asymmetry
Hello, I recently received my first mammogram at 41 years old. I was called back because they found an area of focal asymmetry in my left central posterior breast. I am very concerned, as my maternal grandmother had breast cancer in her 30’s. Any words of wisdom or advice is great appreciated. Thank you.
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Chest X-ray to see breast tumor?
Does anyone have any experience of a chest X-ray showing a breast tumor? thanks in advance
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Hello! Really worried about IBC, have recurrent abscesses.
hello, I’m 33 with 8 kids! Anyway I’m just gonna get into it, starting in 2021 I was exclusively pumping for my baby and started getting what I would call skin abscesses on my breasts. Talked to my doctor about it, he called it a skin infection and sent me on my way. I have been getting these off and on since then, I have…
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Interpreting Mammograms: Architectural Distortion
from the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Boot Camp (ligaments referred to are Cooper's Ligaments part of the support structure of normal breast tissue)
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Long hard ridge in breast
Hi all I really can use some words of encouragement right now. I'm 32 and I've convinced myself I have breast cancer. I am currently breastfeeding my 2 year old. However I have a large hard ridge like line in my breast. It extends almost from my nipple to my outer breast tissue and recently you can see it through my skin,…
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Pain in breast and back
I experience on and off pain in my left breast, arms, and sharp pain at one specific point in the back behind my breast.. this happens every month on and off.. have been to doctors who haven't felt lumps, ultrasound is Birad 1.. I also found a slight dimple on my left breast. Going to my doctor in two days, but I'm so…
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Nervous and Frustrated no diagnosis yet
So back in December I started getting a pain in my armpit that slowly radiated towards the underside of my breast. Me being me just thought I pulled a muscle or whatever. Well in January I noticed some discharge a few times once seemed to be clear and red which then got me a little worried. My husband stated that my nipple…
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Okay to get a breast ultrasound during or right before period?
Besides breast pain and tenderness I mean. I know that you should get mammograms at the beginning of your cycle because near the end of you cycle your breasts are denser. But I know that ultrasounds see through dense breast tissue better. So is there any reason why one should schedule a breast ultrasound at a particular…
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Skin discoloration, visible veins, etc
Hi, all! I have another old thread on here, but this question is a bit different. Have any of y'all had gradual visible skin symptoms show up with a confirmed mass that was unrelated to inflammatory breast cancer specifically? The mass was found in early January during a diagnostic mammogram, which was my first so I have…
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BIRADS 0 for focal asymmetry
I had a screening mammogram and ultrasound last week. My ultrasound came back all clear, but the mammogram noted inconclusive results due to focal asymmetry in my left breast. I go back in two weeks for a diagnostic mammo and ultrasound. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this before and what the outcome was,…
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Slow process & BRCA testing
Hi, all! Have any of you had the process to get answers take a really long time? I found a lump in Sept, had a clinical exam in Nov, found two more lumps in Dec, finally had a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound in Jan, and am now referred for a 2nd ultrasound after the first imaging missed the 3 palpable lumps (they did…
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Hardness or lump on excission site after excision biopsy
Hey everyone! Been following this community for a while. It's really uplifting to know I am not alone. Found my lump early 2022, i was still breastfeeding then. I stopped bfing May 2022 because i was thinking my lump grew from a marble to a jackfruit seed. After weaning, i was a bit engorged but no mastitis but it was…
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Breast Lump Concern
Hi, found a small firm round breast lump on monthly self exam. Over a couple hours it got less than I could not feel it anymore. Three days later still can't feel anything although the spot is tender from me trying to find it. Yearly mammogram 3 months ago was normal. Should I ask for mammogram/ultrasound. Should I be…
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Bi-Rads 5 Limbo
I started having symptoms back in November - burning type pain & nipple discharge. I guess because of my age (34) & because the symptoms would come & go it was easy for me to blow it off. I also have no family history. Last month I realized I had a small scab on my nipple that had been present for weeks & no injury to…
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Unusual ultrasound report
First Mammogram (age 40) required a call back because of finding in left axilla. Ultrasound performed a week later and this was the outcome. I understand the BIRADS rating, but this is very confusing. What is a large fluid filled area? I can feel fluctuating lump (soft, no skin changes) on the my left side extending to the…
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First mammogram. Biopsy next week. Freaking out and so worried
Hi. My name is Terrah. I had my first mammogram Tuesday as I'm over 40. Called back Wednesday. They found a mass right breast. US done that day. Radiologist recommends biopsy. I scheduled this for next Thursday. I'm freaking out as the word "hypoechoetic" was used in US report. Has anyone had similar findings and turned…
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Lump between collarbone and breast
While rubbing some lotion on a new psoriasis plaque I founf a lump between my breast and my collarbone. Kind of an oblong c shape. About 1" above top of my breast, 2" below collarbone. Thought it was one bump, then two bumps, but on feeling around it seems to connect by my sternum. It seems large to be a lymph node (or 2).…
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Ibc concern
Hi everyone, I'm posting of concerns of my mom. She noticed around 5 days ago a bite below her nipple. She also seemed what to be a bite on her upper chest as well. The bite on her upper chest is just a small scab now, but the bite under her nipple is red. The redness has seemed to have lightened up a bit. It's only one…
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I’m back
Hi everyone, I seem to post once a year or every couple years as I have issues after my screenings. I'm 39, extremely dense breasts. My mom had bc twice in her thirties, so I'm decently at risk. Last year I had a fast growing fibroadenoma removed from the right breast. They couldn't rule out a phyllodes tumor so they also…
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Full on canyon like dimpling freaking out
A few months ago I started experiencing some pain, chalked it up to hormones. It persisted and worsened, then started being accompanied by what felt like an upcoming ingrown hair or something under the surface of my armpit but nothing ever came up. Now all of that continues with the added bonus of a full on canyon from my…
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Calcifications
so I’m 42 and freaking out! I have had three annual mammograms since 2018 and all fine. Went to my annual yesterday and got the results uploaded to MyChart that I need to go for a diagnostic on left breast due to “segmental calcifications on left lower inside breast”. Googling seems to tell me that segmental is the worst…
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Growing lump not seen on scan and now second lump beside it
I’ve had mri with contrast, ultrasound and mammogram and none show a palpable lump. I found it last spring and doctor confirmed but it’s not visible. Since the spring it has increased in size and changed in shape. A new smaller lump has sprung up next to it. Both are confirmed by my GP. The hospital does not want to biopsy…
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Duct Ectasia - new partial nipple inversion
Hi everyone! Yes, this will probably be long, but I have to get this out. Back in April, I had my annual mammogram, decided to do the 3D instead of the regular digital. Had a callback for a small mass with diagnostic mammo and ultrasound. Ended up with a Birads 3. So I went back last Wednesday. I was slightly delayed…
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New here and need advice on my mammo report
Hi all! I'm new to this site and I have asked this question elsewhere and keep being told that everything will be ok and my recent mammogram report is probably nothing. I am 55 years old and go yearly for mammograms and sonograms. My sister had DCIS in both breasts at the age of 40 (8 years ago) and had a double…
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DX Mammo/Ultrasound results
Hello, 44-year-old woman here. I found a large lump a couple of days after Christmas. I had a diagnostic mammogram/ultrasound yesterday and despite really wanting the radiologist to come through the door and say “it’s def a cyst!”, he said the exact opposite. “It’s def not a cyst”. Waiting for them to schedule a needle…
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Unclear Wording - Asymmetry/Distortion "possible"
Hi everyone. I had my first mammo in 2021, when I turned 40, no issues or callbacks. I went back for my second in Dec of 2022 and 3 days before Christmas got the call that they needed to take more images and a diagnostic mammogram was required. Mid-Jan 2023 I went in for my diagnostic - after waiting for the radiologist to…
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Black and clear discharge from right breast
Does anyone know why I'd have black and clear from right breast but yellowy and clear in left breast. It's been 27yrs since my last child was born. I had a hysterectomy right after.
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Help with interpreting biopsy report :(
Comment : Specimen: A AND B Excision time: 1427 Time placed in Formalin: 1433 A DIAGNOSIS CALCIFICATIONS RIGHT BREAST: * SMALL GROUPS OF DETACHED FLOATING ATYPICAL CELLS AND NECROSIS, CANNOT RULE OUT MALIGNANCY IN THIS LIMITED SPECIMEN. * DETACHED CALCIFICATIONS IDENTIFIED. * FAT NECROSIS, FOCAL * SCLEROTIC TISSUE WITH…
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Hyper awareness/anxiety or IBC
In 2015, I found myself here as I was experiencing some skin changes with my breast and upon googling (the worst, I know), found out ibc existed. I didn’t have it, thank God, but it took 3 diff breast doctors to tell me that. My mind created all sorts of problems. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and my right breast (which…
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Focal asymmetry & nipple inversion
hello! I’m a 47 year old mom to 3 teens! I just had my yearly mammo a few days ago. It was my 4th one. Previous ones all had been great. I don’t have any symptoms that I’ve noticed. Except a couple years ago I had slightly bloody discharge from my right nipple. Ended up having it removed and it was an intraductal…