Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical
Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine.
M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
I also answer questions in these other categories: General History,
Military History,
Brain Tumors,
Breast Cancer,
Colon Cancer
Question Hi! I discovered soft painless lump in left armpit (closer to the muscle) 10-12 years ago. I went to doctor , she checked my breast and she found nothing and told me that it's a cyst (without biopsy) and nothing to do with it, only if it start to growing or to be painful. Today I read a lot on the Internet about this things and it scares me because since that I haven't checked my lump. It's still there, same size (more or less)-it depends of the position of hand, in one position you cannot see it and in another it's clearly visible. I'm breastfeeding so i cannot check my breast properly. Can you tell me is it something to be scared and what to do?
Answer If this is more or less unchanged after 10-12 years it can hardly be anything dangerous. Well since it is more or less unchanged and most probably without pain (or you would probably have mentioned it!) you have actually followed your dr.'s instructions to the letter. When your breast feeding period is over ask a surgeon to remove it and to send it to a pathologist for checking! Then you will not have to think about it any more! Good luck!
