Benign breast disease is known by several names including:
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Fibrocystic Changes/Disease
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Mammary Dysplasia
Other
benign conditions or diagnoses:
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Breast Cysts are fluid-filled sacs. The National Institutes of
Health (NIH) say they occur most often in women ages 35 to 50, and
they often enlarge and become tender and painful just before the
menstrual period.
- Fat
Necrosis is the name given to painless, round, and firm lumps
formed by damaged and disintegrating fatty tissues. This condition
typically occurs in women with very large breasts.
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Fibroadenomas
are solid
and round benign tumors that are made up of both structural (fibro-)
and glandular (-adenoma) tissues. Usually, these lumps are painless
and found by the woman herself. They feel rubbery and can easily be
moved around. Fibroadenomas are the most common type of tumors in
women in their late teens and early twenties, and occur twice as
often in African-American women as in other American women.
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