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| 4/11/2012 | Can I please have the below put into terms that I would be able to understand, 8mm mammographic asymmetry deep in the left breast near the 7:00 position. There is heterogeneous fibroglandular parenchyma throught the left breast. A rounded hypoechoic 7mm lesion with posterier acoustic enhancement at the the 1:00 position, an ovoid hypoechoic 5 x 9mm nodule at the 12:00 position and a zone of echogenic fibroglandular parenchyma surrounded by adipose tissue near the implant capsule at the 8:00 position. | ||
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| 4/11/2012 | 8mm mammographic asymmetry deep in the left breast near the 7:00 position.--THIS MEANS A TINY AREA, SMALLER THAN THE TOP OF A PENCIL ERASER, WAS SEEN AS AN ABORMALITY WITHIN THE BREAST TISSUE IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE BREAST AND CLOSE TO THE CHEST WALL. IT DOESN'T IMPLY IT LOOKS WORRISOME HOWEVER. THEY WILL LIKELY DO AN ULTRASOUND TO CONFIRM THIS. There is heterogeneous fibroglandular parenchyma throught the left breast. A rounded hypoechoic 7mm lesion with posterier acoustic enhancement at the the 1:00 position, an ovoid hypoechoic 5 x 9mm nodule at the 12:00 position and a zone of echogenic fibroglandular parenchyma surrounded by adipose tissue near the implant capsule at the 8:00 position. ALL OF THIS INFORMATION BELIEVE IT OR NOT IS STATING THAT YOU HAVE CYSTS WITHIN YOUR BREAST. NORMAL FINDINGS. | ||
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