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Breast Lump
Alternate Names : Breast Mass
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Call your Health Care Provider if
Call your doctor if:
- You find a new breast lump during your monthly self-exam.
- You have bruising on your breast but did not experience any injury or trauma.
- You have nipple discharge, especially if bloody or pinkish (blood tinged).
- The skin on your breast appears dimpled or wrinkled (like the peel of an orange).
- Your nipple is inverted (turned inward) but normally is not inverted.
- You are a woman, 20 years or older, and do not know how -- or need help to learn how -- to perform a self-breast examination.
- You are a woman 40-50 years old and have not had a mammogram in the past two years, or over age 50 and have not had a mammogram in the past year.
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• Definition
• Breast Lump: Overview & Considerations
• Breast Lump: Common Causes
• Breast Lump: Home Care & Treatment
• Breast Lump: Prevention
• Call your Health Care Provider if
• What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Infection
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Intraductal Papilloma
Tests & Exams
• Breast Biopsy
• Mammography
Other Topics
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Review Date : 9/12/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Ma., Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Julie A. Miller, M.D., Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (5/7/2002).
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