WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2001: Re: breast ?

Re: breast ?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:56:52 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Dee wrote: >
>I have what I consider very lumpy breasts, my left much more than my
>right and I was wondering if this is normal. I'm 42 and 3 years ago I
>found an area in my left that I thought was abnormal. Surgeon said no
>because it was soft, squishy and moveable, it's kind of oval shaped.
>It's still there hasn't changed and I have a mammo. every year. But it
>seems that breast gets more dominent lumps than the other, all of them
>squishy and movable which I feel makes it more diffucult to do exam each
>month trying to remember if they were all there the time before. It
>also seems larger and and little lower than the right, which I know one
>is usually bigger than the other but still it's noticeable to me.
>I guess my question is, is it normal for one breast to be more
>fibercystic than the other and also affect the size.? I assume if one
>has more cysts in it it would be larger and maybe heavier causing it to
>look lower. And how do you determine an area of thickening as opposed
>to cystic areas? My mammo's always read a moderate degree of patchy
>fibroglandular density, no architectural distortion --whatever that
>means.
>Thank you
>
>--
>Dee
>

It is not unusual for the breast to have asymmetry. As you mentioned, all women have some. Along with this there is asymmetry in the glandular make-up as well. It is impossible for you to differentiate the various types of lumps and bumps. Your self exams are only directed at detecting a change. When you note a change-something new or different, it has to be checked out via mammogram... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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