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How To Treat Painful Lump In The Right Breast?
Above my right breast is a very painful lump. It s been there for years, on and off. It s been extremely sore now for over a week, and lastnight the pain under my right armpit woke me up. My right armpit is sore, my arm is also sore now, making my right hand a bit swollen as well. Not sure if this is all due to a minor cold I had for a day, on Monday. I don t normally get sick. Ice or heat? Not sure how to deal with it.
Fri, 2 Jan 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Painful lump in right breast can be due to some infectious or inflammatory process.
A clinical assessment and mammography of the lump is required to know the exact nature of the lesion.
Lesions like breast abscess, duct ectasia, mastitis etc can cause painful lump.
If required an aspiration cytology of the lesion can be done to know the nature of the lesion.
Definitive management of the lesion can be made after clinical assessment and investigations.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
Painful lump in right breast can be due to some infectious or inflammatory process.
A clinical assessment and mammography of the lump is required to know the exact nature of the lesion.
Lesions like breast abscess, duct ectasia, mastitis etc can cause painful lump.
If required an aspiration cytology of the lesion can be done to know the nature of the lesion.
Definitive management of the lesion can be made after clinical assessment and investigations.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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