Image via Wikipedia Fibrocystic disease of the breast is a condition that is seen in a large percentage of women from ages 30 to 50, in which the breast becomes painful and lumpy, especially during menses. What is the Cause and How Does this Condition Develop? To understand the causes and the pathology of fibrocystic breast disease, one must first …
Fibrocystic Breast Disease – Symptoms, Cause, Frequency and Diagnosis
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 …
Causes and Types of Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Image via Wikipedia Fibrocystic disease of the breast (FBD) is a condition that is seen in a large percentage of women from ages 30 to 50, in which the breast becomes painful and lumpy, especially during menses. Other names that have been applied to FBD include mammary dysplasia, chronic cystic mastitis, diffuse cystic mastopathy, benign breast disease (a term that …
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