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Mammogram results - saddling mass
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Mammogram results - saddling mass
by Charanya, Aug 28, 2002 12:00AM
A friend of mine just had a mammogram and was told she has a saddling mass - what is this? She was also told to set up a biopsy appointment for a month later. One would guess by the nonurgency of the biopsy appt. that this is not a critical mass - am I correct? Would it be a mass from fibrocystic disease?
Thank you for your help.
Thank you for your help.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-rf, Aug 28, 2002 12:00AM
Dear Charanya: I cannot find the term "saddling mass" in any literature, so I am not sure what is meant by this term. If they are recommending a biopsy, then she needs a biopsy. There is no such thing as an urgent or nonurgent biopsy. If it is needed then it is needed. If the mass were felt to be nothing, a biopsy would not be needed.
