Eccentric
Going for mammogram and sonogram early tomorrow morning. From everything I read I am not very confident my lump will be benign. Basically I am here to ask if anyone has ever heard of a male having a subareolar eccentrical firm mass that was not cancerous and if so what else this could be. Any prompt response will be greatly appreciated.
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I've never heard of it but you never know. Best of luck to you. Especially with the man-o-gram. Those ladies can be ruthless!
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everywhere i have read always states eccentric as being a red flag for MBC. I am also worried as i think my lump will be classed as eccentric. I think it means that its beneath the nipple but sort of off centre. When i saw this post i hoped to see a definitive answer too.
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I hope this link helps
Clinical Features
55). A mass in the upper outer quadrant is the second most common presentation. A slight predilection exists for the left breast in multiple series. Bilateral breast cancer in males is very unusual (<1%) (56). Nipple discharge is a rare presentation of the disease. If serosanguineous or bloody nipple discharge is noted, malignancy should be suspected. Other findings on examination for malignancy include nipple retraction, ulceration of the nipple or skin, fixation to skin or muscle, tumor tenderness, enlarged axillary lymph nodes, or Paget disease (55).
57). Gynecomastia is common, occurring in up to 40% of men without MBC and is seen in an equal proportion of MBC tumor samples (58). Gynecomastia can be unilateral or bilateral symmetric enlargement of the breast with poorly defined borders. On mammography, MBC is usually subareolar and eccentric to the nipple. The lesion is frequently well defined, and calcifications are rarer and coarser than those occurring in female breast cancer (59). In contrast, gynecomastia appears as a round or triangular area of increased density positioned symmetrically in the retroareolar region on mammography. Because of the low incidence of MBC in the general population, there is no role for screening mammography in men.
http://www.lwwoncology.com/Textbook/Content.aspx?aid=8464427
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Thanks for the link..
yes i am worried about mine now. I am booking an appointment with my GP in the morning. Mine is 2cm and is partly behind the upper quadrant of my left nipple with a couple of mm of the lump outside of the nipple. Mine also feels like it is fixed to the muscle or tissue underneath.....i just hope that if it is MBC i have caught it in time as i have got quite large moobs and am worried that it may have been there for a while. Ive also had bilaterial knee pain, occasional back pain and hip pain in certain positions so am worried that if it is MBC im showing met symptoms to bone. I have thought for a while i wasnt right, out of breath just going upstairs etc but just thought i was out of shape and blood works always showed as not anemic.
on a side note, would you expect to feel your lymph nodes underneath the armpit with mets? or do they go down once the cancer has mets'd to another organ?
Paul
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