I am 45 years old and have no history of breast cancer in my family. I was told that the cyst could be left alone or aspirated and that it was nothing to be concerned about. My doctor, however, advised me to have it aspirated because of where it is. I am extremely anxious about what the results will be. Please tell me how common this is, and if I have reason to be concerned.
Simple cysts are quite common.
In fact when they aspirate a cyst most doctors now do not even send the fluid to cytology because the results always come back negative if the fluid is clear. The real test is if the cyst goes away. If it recurs a second time, then it is excised. Breast cyst not able to be aspirated I have a 1 cm breast cyst that the doctor was unable to aspirate. The little bit of fluid that he did obtain is being sent to a lab, and I am very frightened.