Flemington, NJ
A 47-year-old female asked:

Breast exam by dr- "mass" found- painful did an excisional biopsy, not seen on mammo, ultrasound, had to go deeper possible lipoma-in anyway cancer?

1 doctor answer1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Michael Gabor
Diagnostic Radiology 35 years experience
Lipoma: If the histologic diagnosis was lipoma, then it is benign and not cancer. If it is inconclusive, then cancer of course remains a possibility.
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