Me again sorry! What would you do with these biopsy results? Inconclusive but closed off?
Hi all
So I received my results which came back benign but with a caveat. The results seem inconclusive because there was seemingly so little of the glandular tissue included in the samples. However my doctor has now closed it off saying everyone is satisfied that it’s fine. I’m grateful that I got benign results and dont want to be annoying or seem too over the top……
My question is - would you ask for a second opinion or another biopsy? Or just wait for a follow up in 6 months?
More detailed timeline of events below:
During the biopsy:
They took two core samples with a needle.
The samples were quite small (3 mm and 4 mm).
What the pathology found:
Most of the tissue in the samples was normal breast tissue affected by breastfeeding/lactation changes.
The small amount of actual glandular breast tissue they could properly examine looked benign (non-cancerous).
They did not see:
cancer,
abnormal/pre-cancerous cells (atypia),
or features of fibroadenoma.
The important limitation:
The pathologist says there was only a small amount of usable tissue in the sample.
Because of that, they cannot be completely certain the biopsy sampled the exact area of concern.