Mastalgia history and symptoms: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
{{Mastalgia}} | {{Mastalgia}} | ||
{{CMG}} | {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{ADI}} | ||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== |
Revision as of 16:03, 31 March 2013
Mastalgia Microchapters |
Diagnosis |
---|
Treatment |
Case Studies |
Mastalgia history and symptoms On the Web |
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Mastalgia history and symptoms |
Risk calculators and risk factors for Mastalgia history and symptoms |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
History and Symptoms
- Timing of pain
- Cyclic
- Associated with menstrual cycle, worst before the menses
- Tends to occur in younger women, usually resolves spontaneously
- Noncyclic
- Unrelated to menses or in post-menopausal patient
- Most common in women ages 40-50
- Can be due to underlying fibroadenoma or cyst
- May resolve with therapy of underlying lesion
- Cyclic
- Location of pain
- Cyclic pain tends to be bilateral, poorly localized, +/- radiation to arm/axilla
- Noncyclic tends to be unilateral, sharp, well localized
- Menstrual irregularities
- Medications
- Changes in medications may exacerbate mastalgia