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A 20-year-old female asked:
What could a sore hard breast mass be other than cancer?
4 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
Dr. Barry Rosenanswered
General Surgery 36 years experience
Possibilities...: ...Include a cyst, a tumor (benign or malignant), or fibrocystic changes. Any new breast lump should be evaluated by a physician to be certain that it's not a cancer. This certainty can be reached by physical examination, mammography, ultrasound, and/or biopsy, depending on many factors. If your doctor is certain that the lump is not cancerous, it does not need to be removed.
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Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
Different things: Cyst, abscess/infection, benign tumor like fibroadenoma, lipoma, lymph gland enlargement, fibrocyctic changes, milk cyst, hematoma/blood accumulation from trauma etc.
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Dr. Travis Kidneranswered
Surgical Oncology 19 years experience
Yes: Could be a cyst, a benign tumor called a fibroadenoma, or an infection. Breast cancer in a 20 year old would be exceedingly rare.
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Dr. Michael Gaboranswered
Diagnostic Radiology 35 years experience
A variety: of things: benign tumors such as fibroadenomas, inflammed cysts, abscesses and focal inflammation, fat necrosis, diabetic mastopathy, hematoma, to name a few. If the answer is not clinically evident, or specifically benign on imaging, biopsy may be necessary to make a determination.
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