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Jcflower85
Jcflower85 Member Posts: 1
edited September 2017 in Waiting for Test Results

So I found a lump in my left breast a yr ago, 3 weeks ago I went for a mammogram/ultrasound. They found mammogram suspicious, ordered a ultrasound up but said it was nothing more then fatty tissue, so I went for a second opinion. The specialist doctor did find it, said it was a tumor and wanted that to have a biopsy asap and no matter the outcome a MRI. Went today for a ultrasound guided biopsy today but cause he could not get a clear view of it on the ultrasound and he worked at it for a while too, so he decided to go right for the MRI. Choosing not do the biopsy at all saying he didn't want to miss it. I don't know what it means is the tumor gone or is just blocked?I still feel it and it's still very painful. If the mri comes back the other test what then?

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

    Hi JC, sorry you are here with breast health concerns and questions. Different imaging technologies have different strengths and weaknesses. Typically, a combination of 2 technologies will provide a better result than just one. If the second one doesn't provide additional information (like your us didn't), mri can be a good addition. They don't typically start with mri (even though it is very good for dense breast tissue, which is typical in younger women) because it is very sensitive (meaning it "sees" very well, even through dense tissue) but isn't as specific (meaning that it doesn't just see breast cancer and can leads to extra biopsies). It does sound like you're getting a standard work up (good for you for pursuing a second opinion), mammo + us, recommendation for biopsy for anything suspicious (which is usually anything over 2% chance of bc, using the BIRADS system of scoring - BIRADS4). If they can't 'find' something with us, then they will confirm it's characteristics using mri (there are patterns of dye uptake and washout that can give a good idea about whether something is b9 or malignant) and then potentially biopsy using mammo or mri as a guide - to insure that they are sampling the correct place. So if the mri comes back as still concerning, then they'll want to biopsy it using one of the imaging technologies to guide them. When is your mri scheduled?

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  • Mojojennijo
    Mojojennijo Member Posts: 173
    edited September 2017

    Mamo and us were useless for me. I had many before someone ordered an MRI. The MRI is what saved my behind. So it's really good they are going to that. I also had to have my biopsy with MRI.

    It's good they will have a better view of what's going on in there! Best wishes

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