Friday, March 7, 2008

How diagnosis of breast fibroadenoma?

As in the breast skin is an organ, in the breast fibroadenoma the diagnosis is relatively easy. Breast Fibroadenoma diagnosis based on : (a) the disease occurs in young women. 18 ~ 25 years of age the most common. (2) tumors occur in the side of breasts, often single and in the upper outer quadrant of breast most common. Appearing mass round or oval, sizes, hard, smooth surface, state clearly that activity, and not the surrounding tissue adhesions, No pain and tenderness. Slow growth, not septic ulcers. Has nothing to do with the menstrual cycle. (3) mammography X-ray and other imaging can help diagnosis. Necessary for mass-needle aspiration cytology or live pathological examination to the final diagnosis. Another take note of is that if over the age of 35 women, especially after menopause in women, breast lumps there, Even breast lumps the very traits as breast fibroadenoma, it is not easy to make this diagnosis. need to exclude the possibility of breast cancer after fibroadenoma under the diagnosis, and preferred to surgery.

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