What is it: The breast contains a lot of glandular tissue. Between the ages 30 to 50, many women complain of pain and lumpiness in the breasts usually associated with menses. Physical (clinical) examination and imaging tests, like ultrasound, may show no abnormality. This condition is historically called fibrocystic breast disease. This condition is not a disease and is usually …
Fibrocystic Breast Disease and Breast Cancer
The most important thing to understand about fibrocystic breast is that this condition is not the same as breast cancer, though both tend to cause lumpiness in the breast. So what are the differences? Breast cancer or carcinoma of the breast is a dangerous pathology in which a cancerous tumor forms in the breast. This tumor can spread locally by …
Diagnosis of Fibrocystic Breast Disease – Mammography, Ultrasound
A) Self examination: the woman is asked to regularly examine her own breasts to look for any new changes within them. She is specifically asked to watch out for new lumps or masses in her breasts. She has also to look for changes in the pre-existing lumpiness in her breasts. Any painful areas or those lumps within the breast that …