CNB afterFNA

Dance_Mom
Dance_Mom Member Posts: 10
edited October 2016 in ILC (Invasive Lobular Carcinoma)

I'm posting here becasue initally we thought I had ILC:


Hi Everyone,

I had a B9 papilloma removed in 2015.

Earlier this month, I found a "thick" are, in the same breast, when doing my self-exam. It's not really a lump but more of a vague thickness. I had an ultrasound and FNA done, and the results came back B9.

Today, I had a scheduled mammo. The radiologist found a spot in my left breast that looks like a tiny fibroadenoma; but, to be safe, we're doing a core needle biopsy. He also wants a CNB on the right "thickening" that I found in my right breast.

This is my question: why do a CNB on an area that was found to be B9? Is it just to find out what the B9 area is?

Has anyone experienced this before: CNB after B9 FNA?

Also if anyone had a "thick" area, did you have underarm pain?

Thanks!

Dance_mom

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  • Tmh0921
    Tmh0921 Member Posts: 714
    edited October 2016

    A CNB is more likely to provide accurate results as it uses a larger gauge needle, and takes multiple samples (mine took 5 samples), where a FNA takes a single sample with a smaller gauge needle. Additionally, if the thickening isn't fluid filled, the FNA may not have gotten a sample of actual tissue.

    Tracy

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