Breast lump after mastitis
Common Questions and Answers about Breast lump after mastitis
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I went to my family MD with a breast lump, lump under my arm, and all the classic Mastitis symptoms. Mammogram and ultrasound did not detect a problem. 4 rounds of antibiotics and 2 rounds of steroids later, still have a lump. Had a repeat ultrasound last week that detected a 1cm by 3/4 cm lump and 5 enlarged lymph nodes. Biopsies on both came back benign, thank God!
m 32 and breastfeeding and being treated for mastitis without the Nurse Practioner ever looking at my breast. I had mastitis several times with my daughter and never once did I have the dimpling; I also always had a 101 fever with my mastitis. This started as a pea sized lump and I emailed the doctor's office. The nurse said it was likely a clogged duct, massage it. Now a little over a week later it's a half dollar size flat lump under my areola. It feels like a tough piece of rubber.
In granulomatous mastitis, you may experience discharge from the breast, along with tenderness in the breast and inflammation, which can cause the breast to feel hot to the touch.
Usually a mass can be felt inside the breast and it can feel quite similar to a tumor.Your doctor may recommend testing such as an imaging study to look inside the breast and a biopsy to examine cells taken from the mass of tissue.The biopsy result will show if the mass is granulomatous in nature.
Breast cancer can sometimes be mistaken as mastitis. There is a type of breast cancer, i.e., inflammatory breast cancer that is very similar to mastitis in presentation. Typical presenting features include warmth, tenderness, and erythema of the skin of the breast, orange-peel appearance of the skin, and breast edema. There may be no palpable mass in the breast.
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But i have no lumps..
After the ten days the lump on my R breast was still the same. And was starting to hurt. In February 2011 and after a couple of ultrasounds I had a biopsy in two parts of my R breast. My breast was purple and redish after the biopsy which I understand it's normal. Thought the biopsy was going to give the answr to my problem but the Dr.
I was diagnosed with mastitis two weeks ago without breast pain, fever or redness symptoms and I am not and have not breastfed in a year. I had discovered fluid leaking from my nipples (both). I was prescribed Amoxicillin which hasn't had an effect it seems, I have three days left of antibiotic and my nipples are still leaking. Was this a misdiagnosis?
I had a lump in my right breast, then I went to a surgeon he felt the lump and drained some fluids from the lump,then told me he was going to remove it that day which was in mar 2010 now its may 2010 and the same lump is back and in the same spot. the only thing the surgeon said was the biopsy did not show cancer. so my question is how could this return again and the same spot. I am 35 years old.
How many have had mastectomy after a diagnoses of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis? I have gone through "conservative" treatments with steroids and several antibiotics. The side effects are awful, I can't see hardly anything, I never sleep, and my blood pressure continues to creep up. I also have had 2 surgeries for abscesses and one to check for inflammatory breast cancer. Nothing seems to be working and am fearful another abscess is accumulating now.
Hi,
Granulomatous mastitis is a benign inflammatory breast disease of unknown origin that usually affects young women of childbearing age.
The recommended treatment for granulomatous mastitis is complete resection or open biopsy with corticosteroid therapy.
The chances of recurrence are high and so a regular follow up is essential.
Let us know if you have any other doubts or if you need any other information and keep us posted on how you are doing.
Hello,
Like several others on this forum, I am 31 years old, have a 3 year old child, and breastfed for 18 months. 2 months ago, a large, painful lump/breast appeared overnight. 6 biopsy's and one lumpectomy, I was scared to death. I was told it's a possibility that I do have breast cancer, although, after surgery, it was determined that I did not have cancer, rather Granulomatous Mastitis. Currently, I live in Germany, and so far have been treated here.
Patients usually present with a progressive onset of a breast lump and there is no history of infection or trauma. The breast lump can be of variable size, is usually unilateral, firm, ill defined, and mildy tender. Sometimes an associated locally inflammatory reaction is present; nipple retraction is common. Enlargement of lymph nodes under the arm is common.
In my experience, no. But there are very few cases of IGM and every patient is different. There was a post in another discussion thread about nearly 100% success rate with double mastectomy. I apparently am the exception. Had a double mastectomy in September with reconstruction using the abdominal muscle. Post operatively I noticed a lump that was harder than the rest and the surgeon said it would soften over time as the muscle atrophied.
He never took a culture or referred me to a breast specialist. After 2 months of being on antibiotics, my other breast became inflammed also. During all this, my doctor declared I had mastitis from breast feeding. This struck odd because I never breast feed any of my children. Needless to say, I ended up hospitilized for a week and they did surgery to drain it. It was said it was a staph infection. Since that time, I have had 6 surgeries and even had a duct removed and this keeps coming back.
I noticed mild breast pain yesterday but didn’t feel my breast heavy, I usually get tender breast before my period so It didn’t concern me that my left breast felt in pain. Until today when it was in more pain, I decided to go to urgent care, and dr told me I have an infection. She told me she was concerned because I’ve never been pregnant and I’m not breastfeeding. She says it concerns her that I developed an infection, she will send me to get a mammogram and an ultrasound.
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