Uncommon Breast Mass

• Main Authors: Smriti Hari, Manisha Jana, Pankaj Gupta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oman Medical Specialty Board 2011-09-01
• Series: Oman Medical Journal
• Subjects: Uncommon Breast Mass
• Online Access: http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=969552

 A 40-year old female presented to the Breast Clinic with a painless lump in the right breast for one month with no associated fever, nipple discharge or skin redness. The patient gave a history of a hard, slightly painful lump in the left breast for which she had undergone breast conservation surgery. Review of the records revealed that the patient had an early stage invasive ductal carcinoma. On local inspection, the right breast was normal in size with no nipple retraction and obvious swelling. On palpation; a 5×4 cm soft mobile lump was felt in the upper outer quadrant. It was non-tender and the skin was freely mobile over it. A separate 2×2 cm firm, non-tender, mobile lump was palpated in the upper outer quadrant, below the larger lump. There were no palpable lymph nodes in the axilla. The left breast was asymmetrically small with a large scar as a result of the previous operation. On palpation, no lump could be palpated and there was no axillary lymphadenopathy. The patient was referred to the mammography unit for bilateral mammograms. Selected mammogram (Figs. 1, 2) and ultrasound images (Fig. 3) are given as below.