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Breast cyst, or cyst is a benign disease of the breast. If the tumor is small, the patient may not need treatment, but only need ultrasound for periodic monitoring. If the tumor is large, the patient can feel the lump under the skin during manual breast self-exam.
1. What is a breast (fluid) cyst?
Breast cyst or cyst is also known as “nodule” or cystic metaplasia. These are benign, fluid-filled cysts that usually appear in middle age (approximately 40-50 years of age). There may be one or more cysts in one or both mammary glands.
A cyst is just a cavity filled with fluid. This cavity is caused by a dilation of a part of the milk duct. The number of these cysts is more or less depending on the person and depending on the time, the size is irregular, from a few mm to a few centimeters in diameter, or larger and only the cysts are filled with fluid, to a certain extent or close to each other. under the skin only palpable. But there are also cases where the cyst is very large, sometimes the size of a mandarin, containing fluid. These cysts are usually seen only in women over 40 years old, but after menopause can disappear spontaneously..
If the tumor is small and deep in the mammary gland parenchyma, the patient usually has no symptoms and is treated well. Discovered by accident during routine breast ultrasound examination. If the tumor is large, the patient can feel the lump under the skin during manual breast self-exam.
Most patients find it on their own when lying on their stomach or rubbing them in the shower, because at that time the breast cysts swell. But sometimes these cysts are painless and invisible. Patients may feel pain in the breast where the lump is located a few days or a week before the menstrual period.
Nếu nang vú lớn, bệnh nhân có thể sờ được khối u cộm dưới da.
2. Diagnosis
When breast cysts are suspected, women should see a specialist. Don't wait until menopause for the cyst to collapse.
Currently, ultrasound helps doctors diagnose breast cysts with 99% accuracy. After using ultrasound to determine the disease clearly, the doctor will use a needle to remove the fluid in the cyst, this is very simple. When fluid is drained, the cyst collapses and rarely recurs. Then there may be one or more cysts growing elsewhere in the breast or on the other side of the breast, this is not a "scurvy disease" but just the continued occurrence of benign polycystic breast condition, giving until menopause.
To diagnose mammary gland cysts, people mainly use ultrasound of the breast, if in doubt, the doctor will order a cystoscopy to take fluid for cytology to see if there are malignant cells or not.
3. Do breast cysts need treatment?
Nếu nang vú nhỏ, người ta thường theo dõi và cho siêu âm lại mỗi 3 - 6 tháng
Breast cysts that cause breast pain can still be treated with anargil to relieve pain symptoms and have been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Amination: US Food and Drug Administration).
Most breast cysts are benign and often treat symptomatically, not completely.
For treatment, if the tumor is small, people usually monitor and repeat ultrasound every 3 - 6 months to see if the tumor grows in size or changes in structure. If the tumor is large, the doctor may aspirate fluid from the tumor and drain it. Women with cysts if they want to can still have a normal pregnancy if they want.
There is no oral medication to destroy the tumor, so women should follow the instructions and complete and scheduled follow-up examinations of the doctors.
Functional foods have not had a study to recognize the effectiveness in treating breast cysts.
In case the tumor is large, causing pain, discomfort and aesthetic impact, the patient can go to Vinmec International General Hospital for treatment of benign breast tumor removal by device-assisted biopsy technique. Vacuum under ultrasound guidance (VABB). With this method, instead of having to open surgery to remove the tumor as before, the doctor only needs to insert the needle of the VABB machine to cut the tumor and suck the tumor out. Patients will experience less pain and no scarring. Especially, it does not cause breast deformation, does not require hospitalization. The patient does not need to undergo many incisions to remove the tumor, but only one needle is needed to treat the tumors, even treat many tumors at the same time.
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