I felt a lump in my right breast, and had a greenish discharge. Went for a mammogram. The mammo was fine and they compared it to the mammo done 2 yrs ago on me.
My mom has had breast cancer (after age 40).
I am 35.
Doctor said I had fybrosistic breasts.
Although the mammo was fine, doctor found an enlarged lymph node under my arm.
The ultrasound I had showed what looked like fatty lymph nodes. Lymph nodes that were fat filled pretty much.
But, the doctor said if it stays the same or gets bigger he would want to do a biopsy.
This all has taken place in a couple of months.
Well, I think the lymph node is bigger... but to biopsy - he wants to take the lymph node out.
But, with a normal mammo and an ultrasound that says its most likely fatty lymph nodes... I dont know what to do.
I dont want to have the doctor remove a lymph node if its just fatty... but, then again - I dont want cancer to spread if its there.
Needle biopsy could miss cancer cells the doc said.
Isen't there any kind of blood work to do to detect cancer or infection??
I had my wisdom teeth out last week, could this make my lymph node grow in the past week?
I dont have aids or anything like that.
I'm pretty stinkin' scared right now. We are military - so our insurance is not that great, and I am being treated by a military doc.
Can fibrosysitic breasts cause enlarged lymph nodes?