The majority of women with
mastalgia and normal clinical examination findings can be reassured with education about the many benign causes of breast pain.
In some premenopausal women with short menstrual cycles, progesterone deficiency symptoms, and not symptoms of estrogen deficit, predominate with severe premenstrual syndrome and tension,
mastalgia, etc.
Experimental group included 50 women with respective history data and clinical findings, existence of
mastalgia and mastodynia, and premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
In a triple-blind, active RCT, topical application of seed oil also provided significant relief from
mastalgia associated with menstrual cycle, comparable to topical diclofenac use (181).
The main causes of patient referral were a palpable mass,
mastalgia (breast pain), mass plus
mastalgia, nipple discharge, and nipple retraction in 51.2%, 17.2%, 8.4%, 4.9%, and 3.9% of patients, respectively.
[1] Previously
mastalgia was regarded as a trivial symptom, but careful clinical study by Preece Mansel and Hughes has shown that it is not seen only in 'neurotic patients.' [2] Furthermore, several forms of
mastalgia can be distinguished from clinical history.
Effectiveness of Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile) extract on pain control of cyclic
mastalgia: a double-blind randomised controlled trial.
Many of them have cyclical
mastalgia, nodularity, or asymmetry but a small proportion will indeed present with breast lump2.
Referral reasons of pediatric patients to radiology department for breast examination Referral reason n (%) Palpable mass (*) 90 (35) Localized pain 14 (5.4) Gynecomastia 57 (22.2) Nipple discharge 17 (6.6) Asymmetrical enlargement 17 (6.6) Tenderness 10 (3.9) Breast enlargement 6 (2.3) Precocious puberty 11 (4.3) Premature thelarche 7 (2.7) Mastitis 5 (1.9) Metastasis 5 (1.9) Breast hypoplasia 1 (0.4) Erythema 2 (0.8) Bilateral
mastalgia 2 (0.8) Hemangioma 1 (0.4) Big areola 1 (0.4) Trauma 1 (0.4) Swelling 6 (2.3) Poland syndrome 1 (0.4) Lymphadenopathy 2 (0.8) Neurofibromatosis 1 (0.4) Total 257 (100) (*) Almost one-third of patients with palpable mass had no real lesion like solid mass or cyst.
Sao eles: cefaleia,
mastalgia, edema de membros inferiores, colicas, ansiedade, depressao, asma, visao turva, tonteiras, letargia (Appolinario, 2003).
Mastalgia in 3 patients was managed symptomatically with analgesics.
Two patients above 50 were diagnosed with DCIS, on mammography imaging for other complaints (new onset
mastalgia).
mastalgia - pain in the breast