Radial Scar/ Complex Sclerosing Lesion

They saw some calcifications on the diagnostic mammo & on the u/s. Thanks for the kind words, Ddw79. I am keeping my fingers crossed, but am realistic with the possible outcomes as well. I'll have a better idea of what to expect with the surgery after my appointment in two weeks, including how much they're thinking of taking out. The radiologist suggested they would excise the lesion as well as a margin around it because of things like DCIS & LCIS hiding in the area. It's all a waiting game. Would love to know what plan they have for you, Ddw!

Lusciousleaves - thanks for your information. I'm so sorry for your diagnosis and what you've already gone through. What I'm taking from your note is that I can't try to "control" my situation by overanalyzing any of the information I'm finding or from my own reports. We can't know what's actually there until they finish doing their exploration and evaluations. For what it's worth, that gives me a little bit of peace. Thank you! May you have continued healing.

At this point, I'm still waiting for my excision surgery to take out the 2cm lesion. I do have my pathology report from my core needle biopsy. The report only says that the samples were p63 & ck5/6 positive - both of those most likely mean no DCIS (but of course, only in those samples) because DCIS is almost always ck5/6 negative. Those stains helped them differentiate that it was a complex sclerosing lesion rather than a malignant tumor. I'll know more after talking to the surgeon on the 12th. And...I know that trying to interpret the pathology report is pretty useless for me to do since I'm not the trained doctor. I'm really trying to let go, but the long waits in between appointments are starting to get to me a bit.

Hi dolfin - At this point, I just have the general diagnosis of the radial scar/CSL based on the biopsy pathology. They won't give me more details like adenosis and/or atypia until after I have the surgical excision. At this point, the typical treatment for a CSL is excision. But knowing other designations like adenosis won't be given to me for like another month. And like Ddw79 said, you can always get a second opinion.

Met with the BS this week, and was lucky to snag a surgery slot in two weeks due to a cancellation! When I asked the BS how much they were going to take out, he said between a golf ball and racquetball-sized section. I'm interested to see how that will change the shape of my breast if it does at all. Anyway, so glad that there's only a little more waiting!