Un quiste mamario es un saco redondo u ovalado lleno de líquido (como un globo diminuto) dentro del seno. Los quistes mamarios son comunes en las mujeres. Pueden ser indoloros o pueden causar un poco de dolor, pero por lo general son benignos (no cancerosos). Los quistes tienden a agrandarse y a ser más dolorosos justo antes del comienzo de su período menstrual. Algunas mujeres son más propensas a tener quistes que otras. Es importante que un médico revise los quistes nuevos para asegurarse de que no sean cancerosos.

Principales síntomas

Tratamiento

Debe ver a un médico dentro de los próximos días para evaluar el bulto. Su médico le hará un examen físico de los senos y puede recomendarle una ecografía o una mamografía. A veces se necesita una biopsia para descartar otras causas. Si el quiste es incómodo, el líquido se puede extraer (aspirar) con una aguja fina. El líquido podría volver y algunos quistes desaparecerán con el tiempo. Si un quiste continúa molestándote, se puede extirpar quirúrgicamente.

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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Rothschild has been a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He currently practices as a hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Rothschild received his MD at the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He also received an MP...

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