A 42-year-old member asked:

I have a hard lump under my nipple it's not on it but its under it! i don't know what it is. please help?

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Dr. Diane Minichanswered

Family Medicine 37 years experience

See your doctor: See your doctor and they may need to order a mammogram it could be a cyst but it could also be a breast cancer..

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