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My mother s 52 yrs post menopausal lady she had periductal mastitis before 1month and resolved with antibiotics bt there s residual thickening?
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It may take time: It may take 3-6 weeks for the thickening to gto away, but I have also seen this happen with inflammatory breast cancer- a mammogram would be in order
Answered 12/23/2016
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Possible: It's possible that thickening still present and need more time for complete resolution. N
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