Lump near incision line large pea size

The bigger one was just like you described it; like a pea under the skin. That one turned out to be an undissolved stitch. Though I had tape on the surface skin after my double mast, the underneath tissue is stitched together. The second one was hard to discern if bone or tissue but that is the one I think was just fat necrosis. Not so much what they looked like (though I had the surgeon hold up each of the four in total lumps he took out of my body that day!) but more what they felt like. Both were firm. One easily moveable and the other not at all. I also had a lump taken off my arm (looked like an old pimple or something) and then a large lipoma out of my abdomen. All with local freezing!! I wanted to see it all and it wasn't worth going under for. The surgeon afterwards said he realized he should have done it in an operating room instead of a side room once he realized how large my abdomen lump was.

Bertilita - I don't know if this will help but I've had several pea sized bump near the incision, but happily they are very symmetrical and on the same place on both breasts. I mentioned it to my onco and she felt like it was undissolved/ dissolving stiches from the Mx.  Crossing my fingers that it is nothing for you to worry about but it is good to get it checked.

Bertilda - I have two lumps near my incision line.  Mine have been declared fat necrosis by my doctors.  Hope this helps ease your fears a bit.  Wishing benign results for you!

What's the next step, Bertilda?

We are still in your pockets - you are not alone.....prayers headed your way for tomorrow!! It's Good Friday up here, not in the US?

bertilda....remember the stitches and fat necrosis we talked about....

Try and not stress bertilda, I know that you will still be thinking about it but try and stay possitive, venting is good too...I also had a lump they just removed it yesterday.  My doctor said it seemed to be bunched up mesh from the reconstruction...I am praying that it's nothing but something simple....I hope this helps you relax a little.

bertilda, i have bumps,too, and imaging just shows far necrosis. hoping that is all it is for you too. are you on antihormonals?

Neither did I bertilda, just a double mast.

I realize this is an old thread, but I'm awfully sorry to read about the stress & procedures caused by new lumps, and I've found myself in the same boat.

Question for anybody having had undissolved stitches: Was your undissolved stitch close to the skin surface or deeper? Did it feel smooth and round or was it bumpy?

Can MRI's miss some tiny tumors about 1-2mm? How can doctors really tell the difference between a tumor and undissolved suture without doing a biopsy? What kind of imaging did you have to determine it was an undissolved suture?

I'm several months post-partial mx and found a new tiny lump, 1-2mm round node 1" above incision. Smaller than a bee-bee, about 1/4" below skin surface. I have to press down hard to feel this tiny node. My surgeon "thinks" it's an undissolved suture. A recent long-awaited MRI did not show anything.

jenco60,

Can you show those lumps to your oncologist instead of your surgeon?