What could cause redness, varied areola, thickening of breast with family history of breast cancer?
Patient: mammogram, ultrasound and punch biopsies of breast all came back inconclusive. but still experiencing symptoms of redness, areola different from other breast, puckering, thickening. family history of inflammatory breast cancer. dk what to do next. please advise. Doctor: Thanks for your question on HCM.Your all symptoms like puckering, thickening, reddened areola are suggestive of malignancy mostly. And you are also having positive family history. Which makes you suspect for breast cancer.I advice you to get done1. PET SCAN 2. Biopsy from PET positive lesion.3. Get done ER (Estrogen Receptor) and PR (Progesterone Receptor) study from biopsy material.This will give you exact idea about you are having malignancy or not.If PET SCAN is negative than no need to worry much.