Breast Lump When To Worry. A hard round clearly defined lump which could be very small or up to 5 inches wide that can be moved around under the skin without any pain. It s strange that benign breast lumps are very common yet no one around me including myself had ever heard of the different types of non cancerous breast lumps.
If you re a woman who conducts monthly breast self examinations it is natural to feel worried when you feel a lump for the first time. Most breast lumps women feel 8 out of 10 aren t cancer. But breast lumps are common and most often they re noncancerous benign particularly in younger women.
Which breast lumps should women worry about.
It s more common for them to be a cyst a sac or a fibroadenoma an abnormal growth that s. Hard lump the symptom. It can be a pea sized lump smaller than a pea or even several inches across although this larger size is rare. If you re a woman who conducts monthly breast self examinations it is natural to feel worried when you feel a lump for the first time.