Thompson Comprehensive Breast Center, a department of Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, provides complete breast health services, including breast health education, screening, diagnostics and treatment planning.
Learn about benign breast conditions, including cysts and fibroadenomas. Some benign breast conditions increase breast cancer risk and others do not.
A complex breast cyst is a morphological type of breast cyst along with simple breast cysts and complicated breast cysts. The current preferred term for complex breast cysts is solid and cystic mass to avoid confusion with a complicated cyst.
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a percutaneous (“through the skin”) procedure that uses a fine gauge needle (22 or 25 gauge) and a syringe to sample fluid from a breast cyst or remove clusters of cells from a solid mass.
Breast cysts — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this typically benign breast condition.
A breast cyst is a fluid-filled sac within the breast.One breast can have one or more breast cysts. They are often described as round or oval lumps with distinct edges. In texture, a breast cyst usually feels like a soft g or a water-filled balloon, but sometimes a breast cyst feels firm.
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a diagnostic procedure used to investigate lumps or masses.In this technique, a thin (23-25 gauge), hollow needle is inserted into the mass for sampling of cells that, after being stained, will be examined under a microscope ().
Summary of Breast Biopsy Methods. Type: Used For: Needle Sample size: Anesthesia: Pros: Cons: Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cysts; sometimes also used to sample cells from masses with or without calcifications
AJR:194, February 2010 W127 Cystic Masses of the Breast offered. The differential diagnosis of a complicated cyst is the same as that of a simple cyst,
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Women’s & Breast Imaging has long been recognised as a leading provider of diagnostic imaging for women. Our highly experienced and qualified staff utilise state of the art equipment to serve the needs of our patients with an uncompromising standard of excellence.
