Fibroadenoma | Breast Pain Blog

Fibroadenoma is a benign tumor that mainly consists of connective tissue and glands. Although they most often before menopause - strictly in young women aged between 15 and 35 years - indeed the case, they can be formed in the chest under the influence of hormone therapy also afterwards. Women who take birth control pills before the age of 20 to fibroadenomas tend to develop more often. If not, has nothing to do anymore with the pills seem to exist. During pregnancy and lactation, they can significantly increase. After menopause, they usually do not continue to grow or shrink even. In addition to the fact that their hormones are affected, the exact cause of their origin remains unclear.

Fibroadenoma histologically divided into simple and complex shapes. Complex means that the fabric a little "edgy" work for certain cell changes - it contains about cysts, enlarged gland cells (adenosis, see the chapter "Cause: Another tumor"), lime. The doctor speaks well proliferative changes, which originally only meant that grow at the appropriate point in comparison with the rest of the network of more cells.

Fibroadenoma Symptoms

Fibroadenoma may be less than one centimeter or significantly larger. If palpable, it is rather plump, round, demarcated from the surrounding tissue structure. They feel strong for rough for, such as marble, can move under the skin and is usually painless. Sm

all fibroadenoma can be separated from the sense of touch and then only found in tissue samples. In some breast fibroadenoma can be formed. In young women, fibroadenomas can sometimes grow very fast and quite large (juvenile or Riesenfibroadenom, special shape).

The diagnosis is usually made quickly

Therefore, in women under 30 years of the first and foremost ultrasound (sonography) breast because the breast tissue is very close to them and mammography less: Even if the obstetrician usually guess the correct diagnosis in the appropriate digital rectal examination, imaging examination procedures leading the way will be meaningful.

For women in the age group of doctors will quickly recognize that mammography may also have recourse to ultrasound. What precautions, biopsy with histological examination of the following depending on the findings in each case. When a suspicious change in the doctor will suggest a biopsy.