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Becky · 10-09-2007, 07:39 PM

Dear Stephanie

I just went through the exact same thing last week. A cyst usually doesn't appear as much of anything if it appears at all on mammogram. Mine didn't show there and I have easy to mammo breasts - not dense at all. On ultrasound, cysts appear as smooth - and are either round or oval and black (black means fluid and white means solid as far as ultrasound is concerned). When I felt it, mine was not that soft but was more rubbery - but a lump none the less and very scary. My onc said it was a cyst before I had the tests but said we had to be sure.

I'm sure you're in the same situation as it sounds similar but I know you are probably worried because I was. My cyst is in an area where I had a wide excision DCIS so I was sure it was a recurrence since I did not have radiation (due to wide clear margins and a DCIS than was only 3mm). I will be thinking about you.

10-09-2007, 07:39 PM	#5
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Dear Stephanie I just went through the exact same thing last week. A cyst usually doesn't appear as much of anything if it appears at all on mammogram. Mine didn't show there and I have easy to mammo breasts - not dense at all. On ultrasound, cysts appear as smooth - and are either round or oval and black (black means fluid and white means solid as far as ultrasound is concerned). When I felt it, mine was not that soft but was more rubbery - but a lump none the less and very scary. My onc said it was a cyst before I had the tests but said we had to be sure. I'm sure you're in the same situation as it sounds similar but I know you are probably worried because I was. My cyst is in an area where I had a wide excision DCIS so I was sure it was a recurrence since I did not have radiation (due to wide clear margins and a DCIS than was only 3mm). I will be thinking about you. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"