Fibroadenoma and plastic surgery

Hi. I had a breast lift 4 weeks ago. Since then the fibroadenoma I have on one breast gives me stabbing pains and it is twice the size it was before. My P.S. is puzzled too. I will not have another mammogram for another two years. It feels like she might have nicked it while stitiching inside. What concerns me is the size and the stabbing pain. My mom had breast cancer at 37. I am 40.

[Howard Rosenberg, MD]

If you have a symptomatic breast mass and now have scars from the mastopexy, why not investigate excision of the mass through a mastopexy scar.  If you plastic surgeon is not comfortable considering this, I would get an opinion from a local respected general surgeon.