What causes pain in upper breast near armpit area?
Patient: Hi, I have pain in my upper right side of my breast but its near the lower armpit area. When I touch it it hurts, its tender and I think it may be causing pain in my shoulder as well. Also it becomes painfull without any pressure applied(like a sharp pain). I can fell a large like lump. I have had issues with lymph node swelling in the past (dr thinks its lupus) but this feel differnt. I am nervous as my mother got cancer when she was young, Im 25. Any thoughts? Doctor: Hi.Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.First of all remember a simple dictum. Cancers are always painless to start with. I can understand your feeling as your mother had cancer. In your case this looks to be fibroadenosis only. This is a benign disease and never known to get transformed into cancers. To prove Let you undergo: MammographyUltrasonographyGuided Fine needle aspiration cytology.Of course a clinical examination by a Surgeon .All this will lead to a very proper diagnosis and give guideline for treatment.