Large Lump on Rib below Left Breast

[yhaque]

I have a large lump on my rib that is right below my left breast. It is not in my breast but below my breast.I had a tumor removed a year ago in my right breast, which was benign, but this is strange. It is very large and very distinctive. Can you have a tumor on your rib and not in your breast that might be Breast cancer and what do you think it can be. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

[kally]

you should always get lumbs checked out better safe than sorry

[ladyheart]

oh gosh please let me know if u find out anything on that lump. I have one just like ur describing and the surgeon who removed a lump from my left breast last yr refused to even acknowledge it being there

[yhaque]

-- Is your lump large and right ontop of your rib? I had a tumor removed from my right breast which was benign and this is so different. But I'm going to a Surgeon the 23rd of May  and he's gonna remove it and send it to pathology. I would make sure that you have yours done the same. Take care

[Mar22]

What did they find with the lump on your rib? Thanks good luck

[Loobyloo68]

Wow your symptoms sound exactly like mine, i had to do a double take to make sure that it wasnt my post. I have a lump on the bottom rib on the left side under my breast. I had it checked out at docs and it feels like bone matter and doesnt move at all it is firmly stuck. I only noticed it since i had my first child. It seems like it could be scar tissue from when i cracked the rib years ago when i had a really bad cough (believe it or not!!). Does this sound similar to yours and do you think i should get it re-checked again?

Keep us posted.

Lou

[rkwest]

Hi I have a question, my dr. found a lump on my right breast and ask how long had it been there. and then she said male or female and said i'm sending you to a surgeon. and she nothing else was said about the lump. i should have ask more questions but i think i was in shock. because im only 28. so my question is why is she sending me to a surgeon, should i be concerned? if anyone can help me understand this it would be great!!!

Thanks

[lymac7]

I have similar symptoms...a thickened, hard area on my left second rib just next to the sternum. It isn't painful and it doesn't move, and there's no swelling or redness. Have any of you found out what your rib lumps are from? I am going to the doctor tomorrow but remain freaked out today!

[kelly2k4wat]

i have also got a simular long lump accros my rib just under my left breast. i can interupt my sleepin as it feels as if im layin on something and the pressure is horrible!!!!!! I have been to docs once but i wudn let her touch it properly coz my ribs are tendor around the side! She sed it was a fatty lump! i dont kno wevva to go to another doctor to have it checked out!

[brigi9]

Hi. I have similar problems, but the lump and the pain feels like it is just underneath my left breast.
I went to the breast clinic, and they did a breast examination, and determined that I do not have
breast cancer. For some reason, I don't believe the doctor.
I have had this pain for many months now, and would really like to know what it is. My left breast
has one spot, on the side under my armpit where it hurts. I haven't found a lump, but when I touch
the side of my breast, i feel a hardened area, and it hurts when I push on it.

Anybody has any idea what this could be? I also get the rib pain, and back pain, and only on the left hand side, never on the right.

[byrdmom]

Hi! I also recently discovered a lump on my rib cage just under my right breast its about the size of a dime.  I plan to  have a follow up with doctor next month because I found a lump in my left breast a couple of months ago.  I had a Mammogram and ultrasound.  They both came back okay just showing thickening in my breast but my breast tissue was really thick and hard to read.  The doctor made me feel like I shouldn't be concerned because i am 31 and no family history of breast cancer, so he discouraged me from seeing a surgeon.  Now since finding lump number two I am concerned I that  I made the wrong choice and I am freaking out!  

[ESislander]

I too have a lump that is growing larger and larger on my left number 5&6 ribs. It is under my left breast and is now becoming unbearable. I was just put on pain medicine and will be having a CT scan asap. Never feel intimidated by a dr about your health. It's your body and you know if something is wrong. I am beginning to feel like i have trouble taking deep breaths. I just cannot get my ribs to expand for a huge breath. I was asked if there was a history of cancer in the family . I have breast cancer on my birthmothers side. Lumps over the heart are nothing to fool around with. Take my advice and find a dr that is willing to aggressively work on you until they can find out what it is. Get a CT scan if you can. It is non-invasive and will show more than xray and not hurt. I will update as i find out what mine is. Keep fighting for your health. You only get one body and one life to be in it.

[Muriah]

I've had a lump on my rib, under my left breast for about 6-7 years (at least).  My doctor originally told me it was a "fatty tumor" and no need for surgery (unless it got worse).  It is not only bothering me more, but the pain is also in my back (exact spot as the front) and my skin is extremely tender and sometimes painful to touch.  I have a doctors appointment Friday, but in the meantime, has anyone experienced these symptoms?

[E40]

I didn't realise there would be so many!  I too have exactly the symptoms you are all describing.  My lump under my left breast/ribs? is getting bigger, my husband keeps saying yes it's called a rib!  But I have been in pain for months, stabbing originally lower chest and then my left side especially over the last 3 months.  When I drink (even a little I am sick - and everyone thinks Im hungover, I try to ensure I am not).  Also fobbed off with many reasons at the Doctors...sports injury la de da! However, I wouldn't mind if I played a sport! After my major second attack of excrutiating (what I presume) indigestion (after food, although Ive had one before food), a week later I went back to the GP, wrong day, wrong appointment (their mistake)... a temporary doctor said she would see me.  She had a feel, immediately all blood tests (negative) and other bowel samples - to be diagnosed with a H-Pylori bacteria.  I am now on 8 antibiotics a day for the next week. BUT I now feel that lump and pain even more and the worse thing is I keep falling asleep in the afternoon, soooo tired!  I don't think we are gettin any answers here...but it would be good if someone has a better idea than I've got (or any doctors).  Right now I am feeling terrible and uncomfortable.

[LynnMane]

I am 25.
And just this past week I found a lump under my left breast too!
I know it was not there a month ago because I am always looking at my breasts for stuff and it was not there.

At first I thought it was a pimple - It hurt like one and I tried to squeeze it but it just stayed there and hurt. It is sore to the touch like a bruise feels when you press on it.

It is about half the size of a dime (if cut in half) and about a quarter of an inch high.

I'm mildly worried - If anyone finds out what theirs is can you let me know?!

I've been feeling a lot of vertigo and sleepy and stomach issues too. I thought it was because I got this cold thing that has been going around - but the weird exhaustion and unfocused swimmy eye feeling persists. I also have headackes - like a light one that stays all day for a week at a time. UG!

[jemagem]

I have just turned 40, but have had a hard lump on my right rib bone (I think) right in the crease around the base of my breast. It has been there for a number of years at least 6 or 7. I had an ultrasound on it and they questioned doing a biopsy but decided not to and just said to have it checked if there were any changes.
It is hard to tell if it changes or not. I just have noticed lately that it annoys me and is tender and seems to be bigger...hard to tell. So I went back to my doctor and she has booked me into the womens diognostic centre in Brisbane (Australia) to have an ultrasound and mammogram. I am really terrified right now. I have my appointment this Friday! I am hoping by all of the comments on here that this is a fairly common and harmless problem experienced by lots of us...I am hoping that it is just a harmless lump of some description. But with so much news of breast cancer and bone cancer you can't help but worry.
Good luck to all and I will keep you posted regarding my outcome.

[SaltilloLady]

I have had this rib lump on my left side, underneath my breast now for about six months.  I believe it is getting bigger now.  In February, I had a mammogram and an ultrasound on it.  The people at the Breast Care Center told me it wasn't on my breast.  They looked at the ultrasound and said they could see it but didn't know what it was and really didn't seem concerned since it wasn't on my breast.  So many people have posted here about the same problem, but no one ever comes back to say what the doctor told them.  I always feel as though my doctor thinks I am a chronic complainer, but everyone in my family has died of cancer and I don't want ot be the next fatality.  ANyone who can post the results of their doctor's visit, would be appreciated.  

[SaltilloLady]

Ok, I went to the doctor yesterday.  Although my mamm and ultrasound were clear in Feb, they said this was not on my breast.  Seemed like it to me, but, not arguing, I decided to wait.  Now, its July and I am having pains in ly armpit, also.  My family doctor DX'd me yesterday with lymphoma.  I go to a surgeon on Tuesday the 22nd.

[rdig80]

WOW! Glad to know I'm not the only one. 27 year old male. I noticed a lump on my rib on the rightside. A little worried. Of course a million different causes run through your mind. It doesn't hurt and seems stationary on the rib. I have a doctors appt. on Wednesday to check it out. I will write back when I find out what the problem is, so some of us can get some kind of answer...

[ljrose]

I'm a 28 years of age. I also have the lump on my left side rib. It started about a year and half ago. it hurt in that spot and the lump got bigger and bigger. Now it is about the size of my hand. it is very painful to lay on. It is like I'm laying on a ball and I also can't drink anymore w/out getting sick for a couple days. I have gone to the doc and got alot of tests and blood work done and they said it was nothing but inflamed fatty tissue.

[Nikkibear]

well.....not to sound the same but it seems we all have the same thing in common. I am 33 F and found the same lump under my Left Breast on the Ribs. The first time I felt like it was one of those nasty stiches in my side that you get when you cannot take a deep breath. Then when it did not go away for hours I thought I need to see my Dr.  well he said the same as what most of you have heard. It is a pulled muscle. But to me it is getting bigger and more annoying than anything. I feel it all the time when I put on a bra and when I lay on my stomach. I am getting worried because I know it should not be there. Has anyone heard a real diagnosis from their Dr. or are we all just sitting and waiting...... I to will be making an appointment to see him again JUST to make sure I don't have anything to worry about. Thanks for the info I do feel better knowing I am not alone.

[crooklyn47]

Wow Deja Vu same symptom same feelings with the exception that I have a burning sensation not like heartburn.  I am going Monday to the Dr.  So far no one has come and said it was cancer and to be more vigilant with the Doctors so I guess for me it is a waiting game also.

[sallyann27]

i too found a lump in between my breasts and under my left breast a definite ridge. for at least two weeks when i lay on my front etc i was noticeable more uncomfortable. went to the doctor who felt the lump and the ridge under my breast and asked me to come back. went back yesterday and the lump was hormone related but i am still very sore in between and below breasts. she has now diagnosed me as having inflammed muscles between my ribs. but i very tired all the time and dealing with a sore back. it's hard not to think it's something more.

[skip328]

This is all very interesting. I have had a hard, round, slightly moveable lump under my left breast for about a year. I first noticed it when I was at work and had a stabbing pain in my side. I felt around and found the lump (about the size of a nickle then). I can feel the lump, but can only barely see it if I stretch out. Only feel it when I'm standing up, sorta slips between my ribs when i lay down. It worried me, I saw the Dr. she said "pulled muscle". I knew it wasn't. Saw another dr. "lipoma" (but those are soft and not generally painful). Now, its been several months and I somewhat ignored the lump since it wasn't bothering me. For the past week or so my left shoulder has hurt and I had muscle spasms, the lump hurts severely! I can't sleep at night, it hurts mostly in the evening and in the morning. During the daytime I can handle it. Also, the pain radiates to my back and burns! Its like a stabbing, burning, pain. Now the lump is the size of a quarter. It hurts when I touch it, I tried applying heat....bad choice; hurts worse. The area over the lump is warm to the touch. I tried cold treatment...no help. Ibuprofen doesn't help the pain. I'm 24 years old, generally active, but now I can barely move without pain. Dr's don't believe me. I can't live in pain all of the time, and I know something is not right. If anyone finds an answer....please let us know! I'm making an appointment with a new dr. asap, but I'm sorta skeptical.

[crwstar]

I hope some of you have found answers to what's going on with you. And if you have please come back and let us know what you found out.

I too have a lump that I've recently found but its above my breast and closer to the center of my chest. Definitely feels like its on my rib - hurts to the touch and like someone else said, it actually feels like the pain extends to my back. I have shortness of breath - easy tasks now make me out of breath. Bizarre.  

I saw above that someone was diagnosed with Lymphoma from having the lump on the rib - has this happened to anyone else?

[december1974]

It was just this evening that my wife asked me to checkout something that bothered her for a month under the left breast. It did seem like a small size internal lump on a rib (like most of the posts above). At first I freaked out with knowing the amt of breast cancer cases around UAE. But without startling her, have asked her to visit the doc by tomorrow. Guess that I too will have to hear same doc blah as all above. But on another note, would thank all the above postees, that I have come to know of this being a bit common. I guess it would take some more time to post anything new from the doc's findings. Until then, wish yu'll the best of health, & stop worrying too much as it will make you feel sick more.

[Keyla]

Just wondering if a diagnoses has been found for this Thickening below the breast
I to have recently found a lump on my rib below my right breast. Some days I feel the heaviness and soreness and I am occassionally tired.  I have night sweats then I wake up cold.  I had a lump removed and tested about 4 years ago and now this one is new and hard but does not move.  Please help with any possible answers.  God Bless you all in your health.

[crwstar]

Hi - I was told that I had costacondritis (sp) which could be dealt with by taking ibuprofen. But if you've had a lump before sounds like you might want to get it checked out??? you can find some info on the net about what i mentioned to see if it fits....Good luck finding out what's going on ;-)

[bambi281980]

my 61 year old aunt found a lump under her left breast below the ribs and it hurts when she breathes in or out she said it also hurts when she coughs my aunt is a lung cancer survivor her cancer has been in remission for 6 years now can anyone please tell what this could be she has a doctors appointment on jan 16th but i would like him to check for a few things it would help me if you could give some info on this condition concered niece in saskatchewan canada

[SaltilloLady]

If your aunt has already had cancer before, definately do not play around with any type of knot.

[Questrienne]

Isn't it strange that these lumps are all (almost, anyway) in exactly the same place - on top of a rib, under the left breast?  I've had some slight pain in the area but only just discovered the lump (hard and about the size of a small almond).  I'm seeing my doctor Thursday of next week.  I must admit, I wish there were more posts about what was discovered.  I'm hoping it's simply a cyst, but it seems a cyst could occur in more varied locations - again it's strange all these are in the same place.  As for the ridge under the breast, I've had those as well - thank your underwire bra. ;)  Over the years, you basically develop a callous.  Those typically aren't painful, though - just annoying when you find them!  This lump is painful, though - not that bad, unless I'm feeling stressed (??).  It's also sort of a burning pain, with a slight numbness on the skin above it (I first thought it might be a spider bite or something similarly odd, with a neuro-toxin base).  But then the lump showed up.  I believe I also have a hiatal hernia.  This would all be in the same general area (central upper abdomen/lower chest, to the left) so I'm wondering if there might be some connection - some complication or reason why these lumps would all be in that area.  I hope we all find out they're nothing. ;)

[tej209]

i have a question i feel as if i have a lump on my left breast on the outline of the breast but i only feel it when i am layin on my side but when i do the BSE i dont feel it..im 20 years old but i have felt this for 3 or 4 years now..can u please help me i am so scared!!!
thank you

[tej209]

it is on side of the breast

[zopenyoureyez]

Im only 16!! I found a lump under my right breast and its about the size of a nickle. It HURTS so badly that i couldn't wear my regular bra to work today, I had to wear my sports bra. It hurt me all through the night when i was trying to sleep and its right against where the under wire in my bras sit. It is a HARD circle inside the bottom of my right breast, it sits against my rib cage, which makes my ribs sore, and my breast is really tender. I set up an appointment with a gynecologist to get my breast examined, but they can't see me for 3 weeks. I'm really concerned with what it could be, but I don't know what a 16 year old girl can get. Anybody who can help?  

[Cheryl56]

My husband has a lump on his ribs about three inches long. It is just below the left breast. It is tender to the touch and when he stretches his left arm up it causes him pain. He has a doctor appointment on Thursday.  I just hate that every time you find something like that you have to be scared to death of what it is.  Hope it's nothing and can then we can breathe again.

[iam1butterfly]

Strange how so many seem to be describing the same thing! My mom had such a lump at the end of last year (2008). It was hard, solid, immobile and located on her rib just below her right breast (along the bra line). It didn't hurt, unless she picked at it or tried squeezing it. And, it grew to about the size of a quarter in circumference. Her oncologist examined the "nodule" (that's what he called it) but, didn't think that it was related to her Cancer (Hodgkin's Disease & Lymphoma). He believed that it was a benign cyst. However, he did suggest that she have her surgeon remove and biopsy it. But, before that could happen, it shrank and disappeared. Hopefully, everyone else's weird lump will disappear too.

[t_lm]

Hi I've only recently discovered a lump about 4 weeks ago, as you've all guessed, in the same place. It feels rock solid if i stretch out & touch it but feels fatty if I pinch it?!! It's not painful at all but it's irritating when my bra sits on it or I'm lying on my stomach. I have been having other stomach/bowel problems so whether its related to that I don't know, If any of you find any answers please keep us all updated.

[ckonedos]

Again, I am another example of the same issue.  Iroinically the day I was going for my mammogram (Feb 09) I found it, just below the left breast at the bra line. It looked like the beginnning of a pimple and was tender but did not hurt.  I went to get my mammogram, and she used a marker on it, and at first did not want to do the mammogram, asked me if I had seen the Doctor???  They did the mammogram at my request and all the results came back fine, with not even a comment about the area she marked? (Which I thought was odd) so after a few weeks it was still there and I went to my family doctor. She looked at it and said it was round and moveable, She made me an appt to have a surgeon look at it which I will see on 3/31 and will post what the outcome was. What was strange is how quick it appeared? Good luck to everyone!

[motomoto1118]

Wow. I've been having shoulder pain on my right side for a while, with severe headaches localized on that side as well. Just this evening I noticed a small "nodule" under my right breast on my rib cage. It is very sore to the touch. I also have severe digestive problems (to the point of recently starting a strict vegetarian diet, as I cannot digest any meat very well anymore). I can no longer drink alcohol without severe heartburn/general ill feeling for 3 to 4 days after. I have had many strange "symptoms" popping up for almost a year and everything comes back normal. My fatigue is starting to get the best of me and I'm very worried. I'm so sick of going to the doctors and getting the run around...this test here, that test there (with all results coming back okay, which is great, except I know something is wrong). I've had blood tests, MRI, Xrays...After a previous condition I had that took 5 years and invasive exploratory surgery to diagnose I don't know if I'm up for another 5 years of no answers.
Good luck to everyone and I hope we all find relief cause this is pretty painful and irritating ( I can't even wear my bra).

[ReaganLogan]

Yes I have one as well on my right side on my rib. never minded much as i thought hey a barb like bone material but now i feel it more and my skin is red around it.

[ibcwife]

My husband has noticed a golf ball sized lump just under his left breast as well.  I decided that before I posted here I would wait for the diagnosis.  So far, he has had a ct scan and an xray.  They told him that it looks like a fluid filled cyst.  He has a consult with the surgeon next week.  They said that it is best to get these things out before they get too big and wrap themselves around nerves that are prevalent in the area.  He is having a great deal of discomfort since the appearance of the lump.  He says that he feels like he has heartburn or indigestion, pain not in the site itself, but to the left under the arm (lymph node area)  and that his back hurts.   I will keep everyone updated as to what is found...  Please pray that a cyst and some infection is all that it is...  

[vclose]

I also have a lump under my left breast on the rib.. Im going to the doc to see what it is .. This is so weird all of us have the same issue. Im nervous do not know my family history due to my mother being adopted..

[vclose]

Had a mammogram today and it came back normal.. I feel so blessed..

[PaulaG333]

Am sooo intrigued and a little comforted by the fact that so many of you have the same prob as me.  I also discovered a very hard lump or mass under my left breast along the rib just at the crease where my breast finishes, i thought it was on my rib but not really sure.  Have got a docs app. tomorrow but have little faith in docs as have epilepsy and was mis diagnosed for 9 years before they acted on symptoms!!  There is no history of cancer in my family, which i guess is comforting.  I feel alot of pressure on it when i sit down as my breasts rest quite heavy on it and my wires on my bra seem to dig in.  it doesnt move and is rock hard and seems to go from below the breast to under my nipple but still on the ribs!  Will post again to update you all

[crwstar]

Defintely update us Paula - interesting how this thread just keeps going and going.

I am  hopefully, going to be going in for an mri of my neck as chest as I have a lump on both.

Let us know.

[sfrangu]

Hi, I'm new here and very scared by now. I have two lumps at my collar bone (left & right) from about 10 days and today I just noticed a lump under my left breast, appearing to be under my skin. It doesn't hurt, is soft, mobile, not reddish or anything. What could it be?

[karatekim123]

I too have had these symptoms off and on for over a year. My dr. ruled out any heart problems with a battery of tests. He then thought it might be GERD but that wasn't it either. A little over a year ago I had a major anxiety attack and ended up in the hospital. A few days later I was back in the dr. office with a heart arrhythmia. My heart was beating 150 bpm while just sitting still. He put me on atenolol and I am still taking it. I have been back to him several times with always the same complaint. He said there must be some inflammation if it hurts to touch the area so he told me to take ibuprofen and use a heating pad. It helps at times but not always. I started looking things up myself and came up with costochondritis
. It seems to be the only logical thing as nothing else even seems to come close. I do have days where I am just so tired and it is hard to breath at times...of course it scares the heck out of me when it comes on but the only thing is is it's supposed to go away on it's own in about 6 weeks...mine comes back often. I notice it when I pick up my 2 year old son with my left arm and when I sit at the computer a lot. I am sick of running to the dr. to try and figure out what is wrong with me and always leave with a "it could be" this or that.
If anyone else definitely has costochondritis and you've been dealing with it for a long time please let me know. I hope  everyone gets healed and completely healthy. I know I just want to feel like I did a little over a year ago...I miss feeling "normal"!

[Allie1442]

I also found a lump on left rib under breast.    I already have an annual Dr. appointment on the 26th of Oct. so after reading about all the others who have the same symptom, decided to wait till then to have it checked.   My mother died of Lymphoma.   She was 87 yrs. old also.   I  still am worried.   Any words of comfort from anyone to hold me till my Dr. appointment.   I too hope there is a simple explanation.   There aren't a lot of results as to what this is on this site.    

[Allie1442]

I just found a lump on on my left rib under my breast.   I have been battling what I think is IBS for the last 2 years.   Sounds like it's similar to what you have.   What did you find out?  I don't go to the Dr. until the 26th Oct.    I'll post what I find out.

[SueG06]

This is so wild. I am 45 and also found a lump under my left breast.It is about 3 fingers down. I have swelling and the lump is the size of a marble. I can move the lump around. I go 10/09/09 to have my yearly mammogram. I will post after my appt.  

[SueG06]

ok the lump is normal. The doc says it is lympnoma??? spelling. As long as it does not bother me. He says they don't like to remove them unless they have to.

[Julie35]

Ok mix all the sypmtoms and I come close. However my pain is under my right rib. The pain is now through the roof
Im not just tired , I now get to the point I pass out. Can anyone just tell me the type of doctor to see for this. I have gone to a surgeon and a nero. A good Surgeon a not so good neruo. I too have gone to the breast Clinic.
I need help as I now spend most of my days in bed.
To the lady who said she cant wear a bra , I havent worn one in a year. I now can not get dressed. Please if anyone reads these. Tell me your follow up or a idea of a type of doctor to see.
Thanks pj

[Julie35]

I forgot to meantion . I have photos.

[tree1975]

its amazing when we type an exact phrase into the google search bar and come up with ...a whole lot of people complaining about the exact same thing.  So guess what I just found...yep same thing as all of you...under the left breast, nickel sized, almond shaped, medium hardness, right atop of the rib bone....so strange.  Do you ladied think it could simply be a result of our bras pressing into the tissue and forming that lumpiness in that exact spot we all describe?  Not sure if I will get this checked just yet...and yeah mine hurts but only because I keep checking it and checking it and checking it!  so stressful when these things appear....  ugh.  any updated from above posters???????????
thanks
good health to all  :)

[Julie35]

My update. There is another site like this one , Everyone also has the same problems that we are writing here. Though I am finding no one is writing down what they  are doing about it. I decided to start my search over . So I restarted at the begining and went to a General Practioner. Who all thought it was my T5 and T6 in my spine that I injured, so I went and had a Mri. again it showed nothing. And like most of you I am going nutts trying to figure this out. I have a question to some of you . Does any one have pain in cycles such as two weeks you can stand the pain and start to feel a little better and then wham your down with pain worse then before. Not that the pain or the lump or the shoulder pain goes away it just with pain killers you can live with it?  My next step is to go see a pain specialist who when I gave my sypmtoms to said over the phone that they didnt agree with the GP or the surgeron. Ok so that is my next step on the 24 of Nov ,09 . Then to a Gastro( indrogronologist) ok so I cant spell it. Also has anyone had any resent surgeries of any kind? I want to try and piece all the problems together. As for the woman whos node just went away that was called mondore and it does just go away. Does anyone get Burning heat not just where the lump is but on your back?
I will keep writing hopefully someone will write back. Blessings to All Julie

[JannyLynnF]

I have the same thing, but on the crease under my right breast.  It's about the size of a dime and feels like a hard bump (like a marble cut in half) under my skin.  My BF says it's just a pimple under the skin.  There's no pain, except if i push on it it feels the same as if you are pushing on bruised skin. On the surface it appears reddish, but it feels like it's really deep under the skin.  I'm 29.  

[Julie35]

I am sure you are concerned since you are online looking for answers. Since you just found it . I would keep a eye on it and see if it grows or not or if it continues to cause you pain. There is one thing I have learned over the years is always trust your own instincts and gut feeling. It saved my life more then once. However sometimes you can get fibrious tissue there from wearing a bra with a under wire. First thing a breast doc will tell you is get rid of the underwire. Its hard if your a large busted woman but if your not lucky you. Keep us informed. I will keep looking for replys.
Julie