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Papilloma? HI
I am posting htis on behalf of a new user, Shawna
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Breast Cancer Care
I am 29 years old and do not have any family history of breast cancer. I recently received a pathology report based on nipple discharge stating that the discharge contained macrophages and a small cluster of epithelial cells that were slightly atypical and consistent with papillary neoplasm/hyperplasia. The doctor told me that I could wait a while to see if I have more discharge or if a lump develops instead of having my ducts removed for testing as he is still strongly considering that the culprit is papilloma. Does anyone have advice for me?
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Helpful publication Hi Shawna
Breast Cancer Care publish many informative publications the links below are leaflets and information on papilloma
http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/content.php?page_id=639
http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/content.php?page_id=425
Hope this is of help
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Breast Cancer Care
I have the same thing on my forehead, nothing to worry about!
Papilloma Hi Shawna
I\'m currently under investigation for a blood-stained nipple-discharge which the surgeon thinks might be an intraductal papilloma. The op is 1st sept. I\'ll post the outcome if that\'s any help to you, though I am post-menopausal so I wasn\'t given the choice of not having the ducts removed in order to rule out cancer.
Hi Shawna
I had my op yesterday to try and resolve persistent blood-stained nipple discharge and check for benign papilloma or DCIS. The op went well but I won\'t get lab results for 2-6weeks. I find the waiting is the hardest thing even when there is no family history of bc. But there are loads of benign reasons for nipple discharge. I found lots of information and possible causes with precise descriptions by simply typing in \"breast nipple discharge\" on Google. Good Luck! I\'ll post my results when I get them.
Got my results - all clear!
Hope you are lucky, too.
Philomena
brilliant Hi Philomena,
Wonderful news, I love hearing of people doing well. I am really pleased for you. Hope you have some really good things planned to celebrate.
Jamie
Hi, I was diagnosed with Juvinile Pappiloma 6 years ago, I was 29 at the time, they took a sample and sent it for testing, They called me a week later and told me all was okay, as you an imagine i was over the moon, but that did not last very long as a week later they called me back to tell me they made a mistake, and i would have to go to hospital the next day for an opperation to remove the lump, which they did, it was a releif, as for 2 years i knew that something was not right i could feel a lump and had discharge, i had to fight to get them to take me serious and test me. Dont give up if you feel there is something you are not happy with get a second opinion, its your body and you should feel a sense of relief and not a sense of dread all the time. I wish you luck.