U/S clear, Mammogram showed white spot

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Goingforgold
Goingforgold Member Posts: 14
edited May 2017 in Waiting for Test Results

I'm a 28 yo with a palpable lump that feels like a swollen duct/lobule, (as confirmed by OB and GP) started tender now completely painless. After a few days I noticed a small hard lump next to the first that felt like a bead, again painless. OB ran a prolactin test to assure I wasn't lactating and experiencing trapped milk/mastitis because of the first lump feeling More like a swollen duct. Test came back fine, not lactating. Ultrasound showed extremely dense breast tissue but nothing of concern. I went for my mammogram today and got to peek while the technician consulted the dr and saw a tiny white dot next to the marker for my small hard lump. My pictures were mostly white as I have very dense breasts and I was rushed so didnt see much else. I understand microcalcifications present this way and are generally harmless but everything I read also says they can't be felt, so why am I feeling mine mine? Is a microcalcification more concerning when a lump is felt?

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  • Goingforgold
    Goingforgold Member Posts: 14
    edited May 2017

    bump for attentio

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  • MTwoman
    MTwoman Member Posts: 2,704
    edited May 2017

    goingforgold,

    So are you certain that what you are feeling is a microcalc? to answer your second question, it depends on what the lump turns out to be. What are your providers saying? or, what did the written report say?

    also, I would stick to one thread.

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  • Goingforgold
    Goingforgold Member Posts: 14
    edited May 2017

    thank you for your response! I am not sure that it is a microcalcification that I am feeling but the tech had me use a sticker to mark the tiny bead like spot and where that was the mammo showed a tiny white dot. The only thing I could find online was a microcalcification. Is there anything else I could feel that would show as a tiny white dot? I haven't heard back yet. Hopefully soon. Just the worry-filled wait now.

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  • Goingforgold
    Goingforgold Member Posts: 14
    edited May 2017

    just called OB office to see if results were in but my dr wasn't. I told them I didn't want to worry all weekend and they told me that it said "no evidence of malignancy." Hooray! But, I do wonder if that means they didn't see anything or just that it's not cancer. Guess I'll have to wait for that

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  • MTwoman
    MTwoman Member Posts: 2,704
    edited May 2017

    No malignancy means that whatever they saw (IF they saw anything) wasn't BC. so that is a big "yay" for you in time for the weekend. Any other details can wait until next week. Go celebrate!

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