Lumpy breasts, cystic disease and mastitis are the often used terms for these conditions. These noncancerous conditions can arise anywhere in the breast tissue - in the glands, the ducts, or fibrous tissue. To investigate a suspicious finding breast biopsy is done. The aim of this surgery is to take some tissue from your breasts for microscopic evaluation. The surgeon removes the entire suspicious area and all the abnormal tissue can be examined under the microscope.
Mammograms are the best tools to detect breast lumps early.
Mammography is safe. Mammograms can reveal suspicious areas that might not be palpable. They could also confirm what was found during the doctor's physical examination. For the physician the area felt thick and different from the other side, not a definite lump. The doctor decided to wait for a month but also ordered a mammogram whcih showed no abnormality.