QuestionFirst a little background, I believe I have contacted you before.
About a month ago I found something that worried me in my left breast, I made an appt. at the local health department where I get my yearly phyisical, the Nurse there did not find what I had felt but felt I did have some thickening, this is what she wrote in a refferel to another place :
"A thickened area L upper outer quandrant, Please evaluate"
Today I had the "evaluation" I was prepared for them to not find a thing, tell me I was fine and send me on my way, I didn't quite get that.
She told me it probably wasn't anything but felt I should go ahead and follow it up with a sonogram on Monday. This is what she wrote on that referral:
nodularity L breast uoq check axillary R/C cysts (I believe it is R/C, is may be R/O)
I am very concerned, everyone keeps saying it is probably nothing, but then why more test? What is nodularity? Is that bad? What will a sonogram tell me? I am 28, thanks.
AnswerHi Marie,
So far, none of this sounds ominous. The sonogram will show if there are nodules or cysts in the breast tissue. The term UOQ-means upper-outer-quadrant. It's the location that she felt the thickening. Nodularity means that the tissue feels like it has nodules in it. Nodules can be cysts or fibrous tissue.
I certainly understand your concern, but until these tests are back, no need to worry.
