Every so often I am being asked the question whether its necessary to remove a small benign lump from breasts of young female patients.
This is compounded by a very common advice by many doctors that a small benign lumps in low risk patients may not be removed.
Benign breasts lumps and cysts are very common among female patients young and old.
For patients above 35 years of age, any lump in the breast should be examined by Surgeons, then fully investigated with Ultrasound and Mammogram/Mammography.Then, the surgeon would decide whether to perform a Needle Biopsy or a Operative Biopsy depending in the Imagings findings.
Benign images suggest a benign tumour regardless of size( pics above), and the surgeon will decide on direct Surgical Excision of the whole tumour.
Pic 1 : A large breast tumour of 20 years duration in an old lady
Pic 2 : Mammogram picture of large benign breast tumour
