Fibrocystic breasts occur from changes in the glandular and stromal (connective) tissues of the breast. These changes are related to a woman’s menstrual cycle and the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Women with fibrocystic breasts often have bilateral cyclic breast pain or tenderness that coincides with their menstrual cycles.
During each menstrual cycle normal hormonal stimulation causes the breasts’ milk glands and ducts to enlarge and in move the breasts may bear water. Before or during menstruation the breasts may feel swollen painful tender or lumpy. The severity of these symptoms varies significantly from woman to woman. Some women only experience mild breast swelling during menstruation while others experience constant breast tenderness. Because the condition is hormone-related it will usually affect both breasts (bilaterally). Symptoms of fibrocystic breasts usually stop after menopause but may be prolonged if a woman takes hormone replacement therapy. While having fibrocystic breasts is usually not a risk calculate for breast cancer the condition can sometimes make breast cancer more difficult to detect. Therefore in some cases breast imaging exams such as mammography or ultrasound will need to be performed on women who show symptoms of fibrocystic breasts. However screening mammography may be more difficult to perform on women with fibrocystic breasts because the breast density associated with fibrocystic breasts may eclipse breast cancer on the mammogram film. In some cases additional mammography or ultrasound imaging followed by fine needle aspiration or biopsy will be performed on women with fibrocystic breasts to determine whether breast cancer is present. book beset aspiration (to course large painful cysts) may also be performed by a physician back up relieve some of the more severe symptoms of fibrocystic breast instruct.
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