Biopsy :(((

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Bethelysa
Bethelysa Member Posts: 8
edited February 2018 in Waiting for Test Results

Just got back from my 3-D mammogram and ultrasound following my very first mammogram ever (I'm 40). There was a concern over two places — the radiologist was fine with one of them and said it's a lymph node. She THINKS the other is a lymph node too, and said all the right words (oval, no shadow, something else positive that I can't remember, less than 3% chance...). However, it's on the medial side of the breast,so just to be safe, she wants me to have a biopsy. She gave me the option of waiting and following it for 6 months but recommended that I go ahead and get the biopsy so I can forget it. Well, of course I'm a mess. I have a lot of health related anxiety anyway, so.....this doesn't help. I need good stories!!!!! Help!!!

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  • Bethelysa
    Bethelysa Member Posts: 8
    edited February 2018

    Not spiculated! That’s the word I forgot. That was the other good thing

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  • bew66
    bew66 Member Posts: 81
    edited February 2018

    If the radiologist thought there was anything to be concerned about, she would push for a biopsy now.  The fact that she recommends a 6 month follow-up, but is offering to biopsy for your peace of mind, should reassure you.  Since you have health-related anxiety, I would recommend you go ahead with a biopsy, so you can hopefully put it out of your mind.  Good luck!!

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  • Georgia1
    Georgia1 Member Posts: 1,321
    edited February 2018

    Hi there Beth. Sounds like you got good advice and have two valid choices. Before you decide, I suggest you ask for and read the full mammogram and ultrasound reports. That way you can make a more thoughtful decision and there is really no rush. Here is the radiologist's list of "good" and "scary" terms that should help you decipher the reports, and you're right that oval and not spiculated are good:

    GOOD: Oval; parallel; circumscribed; anechoic; hyperechoic; isoechoic; posterior enhancement or good through-transmission; avascular; macrocalcifications include pop corn, large rod like, rim, milk-of-calcium.

    BAD: Irregular; non-parallel (can also be written as "taller-than-wide"); not-circumscribed margins includes indistinct, angular, microlobulated, and spiculated; hypoechoic; posterior shadowing; architectural distortion; internal vascularity; microcalcifications including amorphous, coarse heterogeneous, branching, fine pleomorphic.

    Hope this helps.

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  • Bethelysa
    Bethelysa Member Posts: 8
    edited February 2018

    Benign!!!!!!! Fibroadema. So, so relieved. Thanks to all and good wishes for those still waiting for results.

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  • momto3sons
    momto3sons Member Posts: 311
    edited February 2018

    Whew!! Great news!!

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