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dense breast stroma
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dense breast stroma
by paranoid?, Apr 06, 2004 12:00AM
Hi I posted a couple of weeks ago. I found a lump in my right breast went to a breast specialist. Aspirated it and told me it was a cyst. I go back in three month to check it. My question is I was reading my diagnostic bilateral mammography and it states that there is dense breast stroma present bilaterally, which was in my last years mammo too. Can you tell me what this means. My ultrasound states I have cysts. I am confused. I am at greater risk for breast cancer? Also it says in my ultrasound that small dilated ductes are notied in the retroareolar region? Can you tell me what this means? I have no discharge. The surgeon never mentioned any of this?
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-rf, Apr 06, 2004 12:00AM
Member Comments (2)
by surgeon, Apr 06, 2004 12:00AM
stroma is a sort of vague term, mostly meaning the tissues between the glands: having dense stroma really isn't of particular significance, nor are dilated ducts, unless there's discharge, infection, etc. Having cysts is not inconsistent with having dense stroma: it's one of the situations that can be associtated. For instance, women with "fibrocystic" breasts have, more or less by definition, dense stroma. Dense stroma means lots of shadows in the breasts; it can make finding things harder, but it's not, per se, a risk factor issue.
