please help me to understand

Options
ondang2
ondang2 Member Posts: 25
edited February 2015 in Waiting for Test Results

my family dr felt a lump on my right breast mobile 1cm she oreder me for mammo and referral for general surgeon here's the result of my mammo: the breast are composed of approximately 50% fibroglandular density. the parenchymal pattern is symmetric between both breasts. what does it mean?????????

No suspicious mass is identified. specifically no focal abnormality is seen in the upper outer quadrant. as the patient cannot feel any palpable abnormality, an ultra sound examination was not performed. there are no areas of architectural distortion or suspicious cluster of microcalcification.

IMPRESSION: there are no specific mammographic signs of malignancy as the patient cannot feel or indicate any palpable abnormality, an ultrasound examination was not performed management of palpable abnormality should be based on clinical grounds. if this palpable.

My surgeon performed breast exam on my breast  and he said that their is nothing wrong on my breast everything is good  and he reviewed my mammolike what  he said did not see anything wrong with my result.

My question is my family dr and i felt the mobile lump how come my surgeon said it was normal Im not sure if he felt that lump and how come there's no ultrasound since my family dr. request for mommo due to palpable lump?

how come there is no BIRADS score on my Mammo, but last 2 yrs ago I have  my mammo in other country  is BIRAD2?

How come my general surgeon did not said that i need a follow up or he did not said that i need to comeback for check up?

please help me im really worried im not satisfied on my check up, but its really hard to ask again for second opinion here in canada unless there is another referral or another concern 

Comments

  • itsjustme10
    itsjustme10 Member Posts: 796
    edited March 2013

    Hi. 

    You're asking some questions that we really can't answer.  You would have to ask your radiologist why your current country doesn't put BIRADS scores on your report.  You would have to ask your family doctor why the radiologist didn't perform a requested ultrasound.  You would have to ask your general surgeon why he's not ordering a follow-up.  .

    While your questions are good, only the doctors involved can answer them.  I'm sure some Canadian ladies will be along to tell you how to go about getting a second opinion, if you're not comfortable with the first.  Personally, I would call the family doctor and ask why the tests he ordered weren't done, and if he could refer you to a different place to have them done.  They way I see it, that's not really a second opinion - it's just trying to get the first opinion done!!

    Good luck!!  Please keep us updated. :) 

  • Beesie
    Beesie Member Posts: 12,240
    edited March 2013

    I'm in Canada and I always have a BIRADs rating on my reports. So the issue with not having a BIRADs rating is obviously specific to the place that you had your mammo done; it's not because Canadian radiologists don't use the BIRADs system. They do.

    It seems that the reason you have no follow-up scheduled is because everything looks perfectly fine.  In about 75% of cases where there is a concern or a follow-up, all that's necessary is further imaging.  At that point it's evident that there are no concerns so no more action or follow-ups are required.

    About what your report says:

    the breast are composed of approximately 50% fibroglandular density  That's right at the top end of the second category of breast density.  Breast density of 25% - 50% is called "scattered fibroglandular density".  It means that there are some areas of the breast that are dense but the entire breast is not.  Depending on your age, this might actually be less breast density that most women your age.  Younger women tend to have denser breasts and I believe that the majority of women in their 40s and younger have "heterogeneously dense breasts" - this is breast density of 51% - 75%. The highest category of density is "extremely dense breasts" - this is 76%+ density.  So with 50% fiboglandular density, your breasts are a bit dense but not particularly dense.  This means that screening shouldn't be affected by your breast density.  So that's good. 

    the parenchymal pattern is symmetric between both breasts.  This just means that your breast tissue looks the same in both breasts.  That's great.

    No suspicious mass is identified. specifically no focal abnormality is seen in the upper outer quadrant. as the patient cannot feel any palpable abnormality, an ultra sound examination was not performed. there are no areas of architectural distortion or suspicious cluster of microcalcification  Basically that says that they looked for masses and any other type of abnormality in your breasts and particularly the upper outside quadrant of your breast (is that where your family doctor felt something?) and they found nothing of concern.

    As for why there no ultrasound was done, according to the information you provided, that's because the radiologist (and the surgeon, it seems) could not find any palpable lump. So there was nothing for them to check with the ultrasound.

    Here's what I think it all means. Normal breasts often feel lumpy. Your family doctor is not an expert on breasts. What felt concerning to your family doctor might well have been normal breast tissue. The mammo didn't find anything and the surgeon couldn't feel anything. 

    My advice is to take that as being good news.  I'd also suggest that you do regular monthly breast self exams, so that you know if you feel any changes in the area that is of concern to you. If you do feel changes - if you start to feel a more defined lump and if it seems to be getting larger, then go back to your doctor.  Don't check more than once a month because you will drive yourself nuts and you will end up feeling things that aren't there. And do the BSEs at the same time in your cycle every month, ideally right after your period ends.

    It sounds like you got really good news. You are worried because you wonder if your family doctor was right, and I understand that. But it's a lot more likely that the films and the surgeon are right and that you have nothing to worry about.

  • ondang2
    ondang2 Member Posts: 25
    edited March 2013

    Hello thanks everyone for your response i really appreciate it! Its really help me a lot,  Im praying that everything will be all right for all of us thanks again godbless us all.......

  • ondang2
    ondang2 Member Posts: 25
    edited February 2015

    hello its been 2 yrs now since my last post about my clear nipple discharge, i still have it, on and off clear nipple discharge once in a while....but today when i checked my bra i saw a scattered light red blood its like a dot of a pen in my bra, so i i squeezed it their is a clear discharge with a mix of blood came out im so worried now andthinking that i might have a cancer

  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited February 2015

    So sorry to hear you are experiencing this. All you can really do is see your Doctor and undergo some testing. Don't jump too far ahead of yourself, there is nothing to indicate breast cancer, but naturally you need to follow up on this symptom.

    I wish you all the best, please let us know how you get on.

Categories