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If you have a fever then take antibiotics and the fever goes away but you still have a big painful lump could this be inflammatory breast cancer?my
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Can't tell: It is too early to say. From your info, it appears that you are/were being treated for a breast abscess. The antibiotics resolved the fever, but the abscess mass may persist and need surgical drainage even if it is abscess.
Answered 3/22/2015
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Perhaps : It could be an abscess in the breast although you would likely still have fever. But any mass in the breast could be cancer. Not necessarily inflammatory breast cancer but any new mass in the breast needs work-up including an exam. Mammogram and possibly ultrasound and maybe a biopsy.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Inflammatory Cancer: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) RARELY causes a fever. Usually women have a lump, swelling of the breast, and a red discoloration of the skin with swelling of the skin and pale lines that look like stretch marks. I agree with the previous doctors that you may have had an abscess (pocket of infection) in the breast, that hasn't gone completely away. Please see your doctor soon! Good luck!
Answered 8/14/2014
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