Young breast cancer needs to be differentiated from benign breast diseases

Young breast cancer can be diagnosed through auxiliary examinations such as breast X-ray and B-ultrasound. Needle aspiration cytology or tumor excision biopsy can be performed when necessary. However, since young women are at childbearing age, their breast glands are full and they are at an age when benign tumors and other breast diseases are more likely to occur, the misdiagnosis rate of young breast cancer is very high, and it needs to be differentiated in clinical diagnosis.

1. Breast fibroma

Breast fibroma is one of the most common benign tumors in young women. Its main symptoms are clear tumor boundaries, complete capsule, smooth surface, high mobility, no adhesion to surrounding tissues, and multiple occurrences. It is not difficult to identify breast cancer in young people from the symptoms of unclear tumor boundaries, uneven appearance, hard texture, and poor relative mobility.

2. Cystic hyperplasia of the breast

Cystic hyperplasia of the breast is often manifested as thickening of the breast glands in sheets, with a tough texture and often unclear boundaries, and may be tender to the touch. Most patients may experience breast pain, and the pain pattern is clearly related to menstruation. It is characterized by obvious breast pain before menstruation and relief after menstruation. The disease has a certain chance of becoming malignant, and surgical resection should be performed as soon as possible. It can be differentiated through pathological examination.

3. Breast accumulator disease

Since most young women have a history of breastfeeding, milk discharge may be blocked due to milk duct obstruction or other reasons, resulting in milk accumulation. Milk accumulation with infection and fibrosis can form a mass, which is similar to breast cancer, such as unclear boundaries and poor mobility. Through careful inquiry of medical history, mutual differentiation can be carried out based on the presence or absence of milk duct obstruction and history of acute mastitis and B-ultrasound examination.