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n. - Benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast.

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  • Mrs Lewis confirmed that the fibroadenoma was the same size as before.
  • The lump was an old small fibroadenoma, otherwise known as a "breast mouse" because it wriggles away when you go in search of it.
  • Almost all well trained breast surgeons would want a needle biopsy before surgery anyway to know what they are dealing with, with rare exceptions such as a young woman with a...
  • Some women do report being able to feel a fibroadenoma.
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