Cyst in the breast

A blister is an irregular hole loaded with fluid or with semi-fluid which shapes in an organ or a fabric. The colossal greater part blisters is kindhearted, that is to state carcinogenic. Notwithstanding, they can unsettle the working of an organ or cause torment.

A cyst in the breast contains some liquid produced by the mammary glands. Some are too small to be smelt in touch. If the liquid piles up, it is possible to smell an oval mass or a 1 cm round dance or 2 cm in diameter, which moves easily under fingers. The cyst has tendency to become hard and sensitive before rules.

According to National Cancer Institute des États-Unis and the Canadian Society of the cancer, the mammary cloth suffers microscopic changes at almost all women, from around thirty. These changes will become observable at 1 woman on 2, who will discern a mass or feel a pain in breast. At present, the doctors consider that these transformations are part of normal reproductive cycle.

To have a cyst in the breast is not a risk factor of breast cancer. The cancer does not come under form

 of a simple cyst and fact to have a cyst has an influence not at all on the possible risk of having a cancer. In 90 %

 from cases, a new mass in the breast represents something else than a cancer, often a simple cyst. In 40 years and less, 99 % of masses are not cancéreuses1.

Diagnosis:

When a mass is discerned on a breast, the doctor analyses first the nature of this mass: kystique (liquid) or tumorale (solid). It is important to notice the evolution of the mass: does she augment by volume before rules? Does it disappear from a cycle in other one? Neither palpation, nor mammography allow to know if it is about a cyst. An ultrasound scan allows to disclose a cyst but the best means is to insert a fine needle in the mass. This intervention can often be made in the office of the doctor. If some liquid can be inhaled, that it is not blood-stained and that the mass disappears completely, it is about a simple cyst. The inhaled liquid does not need to be analysed. If the examination of the breast is normal from 4 to 6 weeks later, no other examination will be necessary. The interest of this method is that it is also remedial (see the section Medical treatments

If the liquid contains some blood, if the mass does not disappear completely with the aspiration of the liquid or if there is repetition, a sample will be analysed in laboratory and it is necessary to undertake other specific tests (mammography, radiography of the breast, ultrasound scan, biopsy) to prove if the mass is cancerous or not.

When to see patients?

In spite of the fact that 90 % of masses in bosom are favorable, it is critical to counsel a specialist for any mass or change perceived amid an autoexamination of bosom. See patients quick if a mass:

• am new, uncommon or develops;• am not linked up with menstrual cycle or do not disappear in following cycle;

• am hard, firm or solid;

• introduce an irregular outline;

• seem firmly tied inside the chest;

• is linked to dimples or folds of the skin near the nipple;

• is accompanied by a red and angry skin.